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Douglas Davidson
European Studies
Affiliation:
Visiting Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund
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Jul 07, 2011February 2009 - This is an interesting time in Bosnia and Herzegovina; interesting in the sense of the old Chinese curse—may you live in interesting times. Another High Representative has just resigned. The future of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) itself hangs in the balance. Will it close this summer, as many want? Or will it stick around even longer than everyone thought a few years back? I do not have the answers to these questions, but I would like to offer few thoughts on why we are still having this debate 13 years after the war in former Yugoslavia came to an end and why we should perhaps not slam the door on OHR quite so fast. more
A Few Bumps in the Road: Obstacles to State-Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina
February 04, 2009 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Douglas Davidson, Visiting Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund more
A Few Bumps in the Road: Obstacles to State-Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina
February 04, 2009 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Douglas Davidson, Visiting Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund
358. A Few Bumps in the Road: Obstacles to State-Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jul 07, 2011February 2009 - This is an interesting time in Bosnia and Herzegovina; interesting in the sense of the old Chinese curse—may you live in interesting times. Another High Representative has just resigned. The future of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) itself hangs in the balance. Will it close this summer, as many want? Or will it stick around even longer than everyone thought a few years back? I do not have the answers to these questions, but I would like to offer few thoughts on why we are still having this debate 13 years after the war in former Yugoslavia came to an end and why we should perhaps not slam the door on OHR quite so fast.