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A ‘Segment state’ vision of the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Le Europe en Formation , Vol. See Democracy in Plural Societies: Yale University Press, Segments States in the Developing World. Institutional Gridlock in the Bosnian Reform Process. Voters in the Federation may elect to vote for either the Bosniak or Croat candidate. Zeljko Komsic, a Croat then in the SDP, won the Croat seat on the presidency in and , attracting a large number of non-Croat votes. Croat nationalist party leaders claim that he is therefore not a legitimate representative of the Croat people. Official results will not be available until late or early October available at: Civic and Uncivic Values.

Ola Listhaug and Sabrina P. Longo Editore Ravenna, , pp. The Rhetorical Politics of Milorad Dodik. Sign-up for regular updates from TransConflict! What are the principles of conflict transformation? Das dazu gestern gelesen http: A Bosnia and Herzegovina with one segment state — the Republika Srpska — has proven to be untenable http: The root of all problems in, so called BiH, is forceful, illegitimate, illegal, with the help of NATO-depleted-uranium created, administration against the will of the people entrapped in it.

Basically, the author fails to note that the country created, where it never existed before Henry Kissinger , lacks internal consensus for its bare existence! It takes only honest heart and clear mind to see it.

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Besides this fundamental flaw in the foundation of this artificial BiH, grotesque as it is, it still has chance to exist only if Muslim hegemonistic politics would give up their fundamentalist agenda. These inhuman atmospheres combined with self-imposed Muslim sense of victimization even, though Muslims in fact, prepared and initiated the civil war in BiH prevents Muslim politicians to cooperate and make deals that would satisfy all sides there are dozens of examples — newest being Sejdic-Finci, ID number, Croat member of Presidency, Federation government etc etc!

Bosnia was around long before serbs and brainwashed orthodox bosniaks like you who think you are serbs. Great article RT mahlerhutter: Bosnia must not dissolve, it needs to have a more centralized system than it does now. February Review TransConflict. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. A Federal Path to a Third Entity? What is a Segment State? Crisis, Escalation, Secession Roeder explains that crisis occurs due to a struggle for competencies and authority between segment-state and common-state leaders. In his introduction, Hoddie summarized three ways that such escalation may occur: Segment-state leaders insist on greater autonomy from the central government in decision-making; the most extreme being secession The section above addresses this issue on autonomy of competencies and decision-making in territorial units.

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The public and the academic debates about the pros and cons of militias are beset with controversy and tend to ask in general terms whether militias do more good than harm or vice versa. The academic research on militias made significant progress in recent years. However, the conditions under which militias perform better or worse from the perspective of the civilian population are still not well understood. Our paper sets out to explore the factors that contribute to a better or worse performance of militias with regard to civilian wellbeing. We use three waves of quantitative and qualitative survey data from North-East Afghanistan to test four hypotheses derived from our qualitative research.

This allowed us to map the regions centralised by this discourse and the themes contained within it, as well as ascertaining the differences emanating from the divergent nature of the sources.

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There are also some background papers on the MFA and two speeches by counsellor generals. DOs respond to crises such as those in Syria, Somalia, and Nigeria, which have shown the limitations of the traditional humanitarian sector. The RS already has near complete autonomy to make entity-level decisions in justice, health care, social welfare, education and many other basic aspects of life devolving little to units of local self-government. These inhuman atmospheres combined with self-imposed Muslim sense of victimization even, though Muslims in fact, prepared and initiated the civil war in BiH prevents Muslim politicians to cooperate and make deals that would satisfy all sides there are dozens of examples — newest being Sejdic-Finci, ID number, Croat member of Presidency, Federation government etc etc! If this is possible, would calls for greater autonomy for the Croats be more or less likely?

These themes were visualised with the help of qualitative research and visualisation tools like Tagxedo. The spread of the concept through other texts dedicated to public policy, cultural matters, Neo-Ottomanism etc. We then examine the role of think-tanks inside and outside Turkey in the dissemination and adaptation of the discourse. The Changing Nature of American Power. The Means to Success in World Politics. When we examine the period from through academic publications made available on Google Scholar 3 , i.

Compiled by Julien Paris. Their circulation in Turkish and American think tanks and the position of their fields of expertise in public institutions is indicative of the personal interests that may become invested in the promotion of this discourse. At the time of publication he was the founder and general coordinator of SETA, a leading pro-government think tank. There is no comparative upward trend in the number of publications, even though there is a significant hike between and , suggesting the start of an academic debate on the role for Turkey as a model for the future of countries destabilised by the Arab Spring.

For a comparison, please also consult Figures 3 and 4.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: an ethnically divided country

Compiled by Julien Paris using Google Scholar. In terms of vocabulary, the following words are widely used: Based on the titles of papers referenced between and and translated into English. Word cloud based on the titles of 49 documents referenced between and and translated into English. The former is much more widely spread both in terms of world regions and conceptual references with Europe, the Middle East, and Africa represented.

This interdependence seems to have contributed to the blurring of lines between non-partisan scholarly research, academic research with a hidden political agenda, and outright partisan work to the point of devaluing the academic endeavour as a whole. Discursive developments since the s provides us with an insight into the workings of US-Turkey bilateral relations and the mode whereby this field of expertise is structured in these two countries.

turkey · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Soft Power · Public diplomacy .. of the Book), had the right to live in the state and be protected by it 66 doğa ulaş Eralp, “ turkey and Bosnia-Hercegovina: A Future reflecting on the Past”, SETA Policy. Brief, no, August , p.4, and Esra Bulut “'Friends, Balkans, Statesmen Lend. 'The New Turkish Foreign Policy in the Western Balkans'. Belgrade, 8 April .. During the past two decades, Turkey has been one of the most fervent supporters of . portrayed in their history books Turkey . Doga Ulas Eralp, SETA Policy Brief No 46, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Future Reflecting on the Past .

Due to its location, Turkey represented one of these geostrategic points and maintained strong economic and military ties with Western institutions, such as NATO, and especially with the United States. In the same period, Turkey also experienced two main setbacks to its European ambitions in and American and Turkish foreign policy actors quickly labelled Turkey as a model for these countries on the basis of three elements: Bush and later George W.

Nevertheless, it quickly became apparent that Turkey lacked the capacity to fulfil this role due to its own domestic political and economic instability. As in the case of Central Asia, it was possible to witness the development of this discourse in regions where US interests were at stake and where the State Department remained wary of the influence of non-allied states. Research based on the websites of eight leading US think tanks specializing in foreign policy: Totals pertain to the whole period between and It also suggests that this shift is part of the structural pattern of Turkish-American relations, which develops in response to the international and domestic challenges faced by the two partners.

It is possible to witness a similar and even more accentuated trend in American think tank production. Bush administration like Paul Wolfowitz. In the United States, we understand that Turkey remains on the frontlines of the war on terror. And we also understand that Turkey is a model for those in the Muslim world who have aspirations for democratic progress and prosperity. Turkey gives us an example of the reconciliation of religious belief with modern secular democratic institutions. However, such judgement fails to account for the complexity of this discourse, which cannot be reduced to a simplistic expression of the domination of the centre over the periphery.

Indeed, the producers of discourses on Turkey within Turkish and American think tanks are characterized by their mobility. There is a remarkable pattern of circulation between different institutions located both within the United States and in Turkey. A rapid glance at the analysts working in American think tanks on Turkey indicates that the majority are of Turkish origin and move between universities and think tanks in the US and Turkey. Some analysts could qualify as gatekeepers of this particular field of expertise as they have been responsible for producing reports on Turkey for several American think tanks since the beginning of the s.

In addition, this system is characterised by its permeability and especially by its connections with academic and political fields, which further enhances the circulation of actors and thoughts within this system of knowledge production. When the first revolts started in Tunisia and Egypt, Turkish officials refrained from promoting the vision of Turkey as a model. This was also a way of enhancing its actions and autonomy towards other major actors in world politics such as the United States. Indeed, this also constituted the main paradox of this discourse: This discrepancy allows for some preliminary conjectures to be made: