“Bosnia-Herzegovina exists only on paper”
U.S. National Defense University (NDU) Professor Steven Meyer believes that breakdown of Bosnia-Herzegovina is inevitable.
Thursday, 31.05.2012.
13:48
U.S. National Defense University (NDU) Professor Steven Meyer believes that breakdown of Bosnia-Herzegovina is inevitable. According to him, Bosnia-Herzegovina is a “state that exists only on paper”. “Bosnia-Herzegovina exists only on paper” Meyer believes that divisions between the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Republic of Srpska (RS) were growing and that it would be in Serbs’ best interest if the two entities separated. “At some point we will have a formal separation but honestly, I cannot say what will happen afterward. It is possible that an independent Bosniak state would come from it,” he told Banja Luka-based daily Glas Srpske. He said that it could happen “in a decade, two or five” and added that “small political communities can be successful with good economic policy”. “If Montenegro can survive as a state then a Bosniak state and the Republic of Srpska could also survive as states. Of course, there is a question whether the RS should be independent or whether it should be tied to Serbia,” the former CIA analysts for the Balkans pointed out. He assessed that the U.S., France and Great Britain had degraded political development in the Balkans by 20 to 30 years, adding that the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) had become useless. “All important members of the Peace Implementation Council, the U.S. England, Turkey, are primarily looking after their own interests. They are not interested in interests of the Brcko District, the RS or entire Bosnia-Herzegovina, but if the international community wants to pay for the OHR, then it is all right,” Meyer stressed. He pointed out that the international community’s support to the Bosniak policy was declining and that he believed that traditional Bosniak politicians would become even more “isolated and desperate”. “New leaders will show up in the Bosniak ranks. Generally speaking, I think that there will be an even bigger division between ethnic groups in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It will take a lot of courage and intelligence to find the right way in such circumstances but the way needs to be found without big interference of the international representatives,” Meyer concluded. A map of Bosnia-Herzegovina Tanjug
“Bosnia-Herzegovina exists only on paper”
Meyer believes that divisions between the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Republic of Srpska (RS) were growing and that it would be in Serbs’ best interest if the two entities separated.“At some point we will have a formal separation but honestly, I cannot say what will happen afterward. It is possible that an independent Bosniak state would come from it,” he told Banja Luka-based daily Glas Srpske.
He said that it could happen “in a decade, two or five” and added that “small political communities can be successful with good economic policy”.
“If Montenegro can survive as a state then a Bosniak state and the Republic of Srpska could also survive as states. Of course, there is a question whether the RS should be independent or whether it should be tied to Serbia,” the former CIA analysts for the Balkans pointed out.
He assessed that the U.S., France and Great Britain had degraded political development in the Balkans by 20 to 30 years, adding that the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) had become useless.
“All important members of the Peace Implementation Council, the U.S. England, Turkey, are primarily looking after their own interests. They are not interested in interests of the Brčko District, the RS or entire Bosnia-Herzegovina, but if the international community wants to pay for the OHR, then it is all right,” Meyer stressed.
He pointed out that the international community’s support to the Bosniak policy was declining and that he believed that traditional Bosniak politicians would become even more “isolated and desperate”.
“New leaders will show up in the Bosniak ranks. Generally speaking, I think that there will be an even bigger division between ethnic groups in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It will take a lot of courage and intelligence to find the right way in such circumstances but the way needs to be found without big interference of the international representatives,” Meyer concluded.
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