De Facto States in the Balkans: Shared Governance versus Ethnic Sovereignty in Republika Srpska and Kosovo

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Fawn ◽  
Oliver P. Richmond
Keyword(s):  
Shared Governance ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
De Facto States ◽  
Republika Srpska

Failed political agreement draws Bosnia nearer breakup

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
Fragile States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Republika Srpska

Subject Failing to form a state government. Significance Following the failure of the latest political agreement to form a state government, eleven months after elections, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has threatened a series of moves that would in effect mean administrative separation of the Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska (RS) from the rest of Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH). That would unravel the Dayton dispensation in Bosnia, possibly destabilising other fragile states in the Balkans. Impacts Dodik has threatened an RS breakaway for years but now seems set on such a move. The deteriorating situation in Bosnia and the Balkans can be directly linked with the disappearing prospect of EU enlargement. Stronger US engagement runs the risk of provoking further hardening Russian positions.

Nationalisms in International Conflict

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathie Carmichael
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Sexual Crimes ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Fundamental Causes ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Republika Srpska

Nationalism has made a significant contribution to state formation, but also to state deformation, secessionist movements, and wars. In international relations, nationalism has emerged as a particularly pressing problem over the question of disputed territorial boundaries. Indeed, nationalist movements seeking to change or revise boundaries by either negotiation, stealth, or force have been one of the most fundamental causes of both international and internal conflict in the modern era. The case of Bosnia-Hercegovina is a classic example of a long-running nationalist conflict which has had a profound empirical implications for both the social sciences and the humanities. The massacre at Srebrenica, ruled as genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, had a considerable impact beyond the Balkans and the Netherlands. While discussing genocide and crimes against humanity in fair historical context within parts of Serbia and enclaves within Republika Srpska and Montenegro today has remained a difficult and challenging task, a growing number of scholars have shown interest in comparative genocide and the way in which events can be meaningfully compared. The case of Bosnia has also provoked numerous debates in other areas, including the role of sexual crimes in war; obfuscation and genocide denial among extreme nationalists; issues of citizenship, reconstruction, and peacekeeping; the shortcomings of the international community (with particular reference to the United Nations); and the role of international law, especially the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

scholarly journals Analysis of attitudes of GenZ toward media and consumption: The region of Balkans

Marketing ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-218
Author(s):  
Nenad Perić ◽  
Tatjana Mamula-Nikolić ◽  
Teodora Delić
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Republika Srpska ◽  
Consumption Habits

The paper analyses behaviour of Generation Z (GenZ) in the region of Balkans (Serbia, Croatia and Republika Srpska). It presents the survey that was conducted among young people of age between 12 and 25, during December 2019 and January 2020. Total of 523 persons participated: 309 respondents from Serbia, 102 from Croatia and 112 from Republika Srpska. The analyzed topics were: Generation Z and communication, the role of Internet in life of Generation Z, attitudes of GenZ towards shopping and consumption habits. Besides many similarities of the results between global surveys and this one aiming region of Balkans, some specifics of the region were found and analyzed. The aim of the paper was to present insights that can help researcher (preferably in the field of marketing) to better understand the behavior of GenZ. The conclusion provides an analysis-comparison of similarities and differences of Generation Z in the Balkans comparing to global experiences.

scholarly journals The real aims of the USA and the EU in the Balkans

2002 ◽  
pp. 321-331
Author(s):  
Kosta Cavoski
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Republika Srpska ◽  
The Eu

The article explores the real aims of the so-called international community which is usually understood as the USA, as the only remaining super power and the European Union, particularly France. Great Britain and Germany. The author argues that the real and particularly long-term aims of these powers should be primarily inferred from their real deeds and only subsequently from public statements of their officials. By analyzing a number of examples in the Balkans and in other parts of the world the author comes to unexpected conclusions. While in words big Western powers supported multi-ethnicity and preservation of multi-ethnic states, in deeds they not only instigated nationalism and separatism but also hastened and recognized the dissolution of three European federations into 22 more or less national states. And while in words they apparently supported so-called democratization, in practice they not only supported authoritarian regimes but also identified democracy with occupation in Republika Srpska.

Understanding Suicide Terrorism

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (04) ◽  
pp. 245-250
Author(s):  
A. Speckhard
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Suicide Terrorism ◽  
Terrorist Organizations ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Single Region ◽  
Extensive Field ◽  
The World ◽  
Terrorist Groups

SummaryAs a terror tactic, suicide terrorism is one of the most lethal as it relies on a human being to deliver and detonate the device. Suicide terrorism is not confined to a single region or religion. On the contrary, it has a global appeal, and in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan it has come to represent an almost daily reality as it has become the weapon of choice for some of the most dreaded terrorist organizations in the world, such as ISIS and al-Qaeda. Drawing on over two decades of extensive field research in five distinct world regions, specifically the Middle East, Western Europe, North America, Russia, and the Balkans, the author discusses the origins of modern day suicide terrorism, motivational factors behind suicide terrorism, its global migration, and its appeal to modern-day terrorist groups to embrace it as a tactic.

The Balkans

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis P. Hupchick
Keyword(s):  
The Balkans
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