Bosnia and Herzegovina Archives - Robert Lansing Institute

Post-Dayton Reckoning: The Political Collapse of Milorad Dodik and the Future of Republika Srpska

The political downfall of Milorad Dodik, the long-serving leader of Republika Srpska (RS), marks a turning point in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) post-Dayton political landscape. Once perceived as the most…

October 21, 2025Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republica Srpska

Conflict Geopolitics Governance

Dodik’s Bid for Putin’s Backing to Break Bosnia: Law, Feasibility, Security Risks, and Russia’s Interests

Milorad Dodik is openly signaling that he will ask Vladimir Putin to support a referendum and, ultimately, independence for Republika Srpska (RS). While the legal path to secession is essentially closed under Bosnia and…

September 1, 2025Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Serbia

Democracy Governance

Dodik may hide in Serbia; BiH on the verge of collapse

The security situation in the Balkans has deteriorated, with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) facing its most severe political and security crisis since the end of the war in 1995. The…

March 21, 2025Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

Geopolitics War crimes

Vucic Concerned: The UN Assembly Votes in Favor of the Resolution for the Srebrenica Genocide

A few days after the Srebrenica massacre in 1995, the Serbian regime issued a shocking statement threatening the international community and the citizens of Bosnia: "If you bomb us, for…

May 24, 2024Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia

Conflict Governance

The sanctioned Dodik, threatens the already fragile peace in BiH

The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently quite fragile and it is anticipated that things would get worse if Bosnian Serb representative Milorad Dodik withdraws from the BiH institutions…

September 15, 2023Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republica Srpska, Serbia

Geopolitics Opinion

Beyond nationalism and euroscepticism, Orban and Dodik`s ambitions to restore the Empire

The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban has been known to have close ties with all opponents of the EU in the Balkans, but lately he is creating closer ties…

March 31, 2023Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Republica Srpska

Democracy Situation Reports

Bosnia: a vote between nationalism and reformism

The general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended on Sunday 2 October with a turnout of 50% nationwide on the 3 million voters. It was voted for the renewal of…

October 5, 2022Bosnia and Herzegovina

Conflict Governance

Bosnian Serbs’ secession from BiH might be a part of the Kremlin-China multimove game

Russia fuels the conflict in the Balkans in order to divert attention from the situation on its border with Ukraine. The Kremlin believes that escalating the Balkan conflict and attacking…

December 15, 2021Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia

Conflict Democracy Geopolitics

Dodik’s madness seeks approval to Putin

Dayton agreement has ensured that checks and balances enable a functional Bosnia and Hercegovina by making three sides interdepend onto one another. But this agreement was thought and approved under…

December 14, 2021Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia

Conflict Geopolitics

Scenarios of destabilization in BaH and possible reaction of the EU

A mural of war criminal Ratko Mladic, convicted of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, has been drawn in…

November 11, 2021Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia

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