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Geopolitics

From Protectorate to Partner: Ending the Neo-Colonial Farce in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The resignation of Bosnia's international High Representative forces a long-overdue reckoning: after three decades of foreign supervision, the country must finally be treated as a sovereign state on its own path toward European integration, not a permanent protectorate. This moment exposes the West's hypocritical and corrosive strategy of indefinite 'benevolent' tutelage, which has systematically denied Bosnians their fundamental right to self-determination and political ownership under the convenient guise of 'stability'.

Geopolitics

The Balkan Chessboard: How a Vacant Office Exposes the Neo-Colonial Rift Between Washington and Brussels

The US and EU are at a strategic impasse over Bosnia and Herzegovina's future, with Washington prioritizing economic cooperation and energy projects while Brussels demands institutional reform for EU accession, leaving the crucial post of High Representative vacant. This transatlantic rift exposes a cynical neo-colonial struggle for influence, where Western powers treat a sovereign nation as a chessboard for their competing geopolitical agendas, undermining the very stability they claim to uphold.