In Modern Diplomacy, historian and independent analyst Slavisha Batko Milacic argues that BiH should be reorganized “into a State Union of Bosnia and Srpska, following the example of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro.”
Many High Representatives in BiH, Milacic writes, “have behaved as colonial governors, vetoing and overruling decisions made by local authorities at all levels of government, removing democratically elected officials, and arbitrarily changing state legislation.
Bosnia and Herzegovina found itself in an impossible situation. Its highly dysfunctional political system is often criticized in the West for the lack of democracy, transparency and accountability, and yet Biden administration and official London fully support the Office of the High Representative that, itself undemocratic, only prevents the development of democratic institutions in the country.
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