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Bosnia remains a country divided by contrasting histories and narratives about the war. Mladić is a symbolic reminder of this.
The Dayton Accords were not perfect. But they stopped the Bosnian war, enabled accountability for atrocities, and offered millions the chance to rebuild their lives.
Legal academic Olivera Simic spent eight years talking to a war criminal prosecuted for crimes against humanity who receives fan-mail today.
Donald Trump is reportedly ‘sick’ of being presented with maps of Ukraine’s battlefronts. The problem may be he and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy are looking at different things.
Donald Trump isn’t the first US president to try to negotiate a peace deal. But he appears to be doing it differently than others.
The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ but refrained from calling the apparitions genuinely supernatural.
Painting with renewed purpose at 65, Peter Howson has overcome his demons to take his place as one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists.
Russia’s future influence on global affairs may not be limited to Ukraine — it may run through Bosnia-Herzegovina. To understand why, we need to think about how past conflicts shape today’s politics.
Even once the war in Ukraine ends, the millions of people who fled from their homes might not be quick to return. The faster the war ends, the more likely it is they will go back.
In July 1995, Serb forces murdered at least 7,000 Bosnian Muslims – an act so heinous it forced the US and UN to intervene in Bosnia’s war. What has the world learned since then about ethnic violence?
Controversy surrounding the awarding of the 2019 Nobel Prize in literature spurs a long-standing debate about the meaning of authorship and literature with new urgency.
Post-conflict processes are often slowed down or even halted by fear. Can Colombia buck the trend?
The massacre of 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks in a few days in 1995 must never be forgotten.
Last of the big trials for UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, but what about high-ranking officials from the other side?
Former commander of the Bosnian Serb army Ratko Mladic has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Survivors of the atrocities have today welcomed the long-awaited news.
Bosnian Serb general found guilty of genocide.
Forensic science of the dead helps to convict the living responsible.
Hollywood’s sexual predation scandals are just the tip of the iceberg. One in three women worldwide has been physically or sexually assaulted, and many girls’ first sexual experience is forced.
In many countries sports like football brings people together, but in Bosnia it re-emphasises the divides.
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Professor in Law, Griffith University
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Professor in International Law, Bournemouth University
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Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Modern South-East European History, De Montfort University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor in Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Durham University
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Associate Professor of German Studies, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor in Modern European History, University of East Anglia
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Emergency Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Director of External Programs STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Core Faculty Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
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Associate Professor of International Relations and National Security Studies and Graduate Program Director for National Security Studies, Park University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Professor of History, DePaul University