From Bosnia to Iraq: The Failure of Forced Coexistence (Janko Bekić, The National Interest)

The U.S.-led military interventions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, rump Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Iraq have revealed Washington’s inclination toward forcible regime change and external democratization, but also its propensity for the maintenance of the status quo in regard to international boundaries (with Kosovo’s secession from Serbia as an obvious exception to the rule). In three out of four cases, the interventions have included neither border changes nor the diplomatic recognition of breakaway regions; in two, they’ve comprised the foreign imposition of experimental federal arrangements as part of a larger policy of compulsory coexistence between disparate ethnic and/or religious groups

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/bosnia-iraq-the-failure-forced-coexistence-16391

In Bosnia, Syrian Abu Hamza jailed without trial (Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera)

For seven-and-a-half years, Imad Al-Husin, better known simply as Abu Hamza, was imprisoned in Sarajevo's migrant detention centre without ever standing trial or knowing why he was imprisoned.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/03/bosnia-syrian-abu-hamza-jailed-trial-160323093808061.html

Justice Delayed, Not Denied, in Bosnia (David Scheffer, Project-Syndicate)

On March 24, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced Radovan Karadžić – the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1990s war in the Balkans – to 40 years in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. It is a judgment that will profoundly influence international law, deter those who might otherwise commit atrocities, and open the possibility of political reconciliation in Bosnia. Lawless leaders, such as those in Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Russia, and the Islamic State, have just been reminded of their vulnerability to international justice.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/radovan-karadzic-convicted-by-david-scheffer-2016-03

(Balkans) Why growth matters in fighting poverty in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2015/08/31-bosnia-economic-growth-poverty-davies

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Life in rural Bosnia: Anguish, idyll, or something in between? (Simon Davies, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2015/07/21-rural-bosnia-davies