Open Letter to Secretary of State Blinken
Open Letter to Secretary of State Blinken
Author(s): Bojan Šošić, Aida Ibričević, Azra Zornić, David PettigrewSubject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Electoral systems, Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Geopolitics, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wittenberg University - Sociology Department
Summary/Abstract: Due to the lack of international intervention, especially since 2006, Dayton’s structures have devolved into divisive ethnonationalist rhetoric and threats of secession that are destabilizing Bosnia and the region. Bosnian Serb member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik has threatened secession and consistently speaks of Bosnia as a failed State. He wields hate speech against Bosniaks and denies the Srebrenica genocide with impunity. Bosnian Croat party leader Dragan Čović, for his part, has threatened to boycott the election and form a third entity. Both separatist leaders have exploited the concept of “constituent peoples” so as to create further divisions and hatred. These separatist agendas have found their strongest support from the Russian Federation, whose Embassy in Sarajevo insisted in April 2021 that Bosnia fundamentally consists of two entities rather than a unified State.
Journal: Duh Bosne
- Issue Year: 17/2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 1-5
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English