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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Spoils of Babylon

Joost R. Hiltermann | Dec 16, 2009
Kirkuk is about to bring Iraq back into civil war. The Obama administration is moving toward a settlement of this disputed region that will anger everyone.

Notes from the Balkans

Gordon N. Bardos | Jul 01, 2007
The United States should not balk at getting more deeply involved in the volatile Balkans: a well-crafted foreign policy could yield real results.

Kurdistandoff

Henri J. Barkey | Jul 01, 2007
When it comes to Iraq's Kurds, the United States needs to make a deal with Turkey or face the consequences later.

Auditing Arrogance

Yevgeny Primakov | Jun 01, 2004
Three months before the start of the American operation in Iraq I visited the United States, where I met with Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.

Talking Turkey

Norman Stone | Sep 01, 2000
Europe has long viewed Turkey as a parent would a troubled stepchild. But a vibrant and increasingly powerful Turkey is making such an attitude absurd--and dangerous.

Qu'est-ce qu'une refutation?

Noel Malcolm
Anatol Lieven
| Dec 01, 1997
Anatol Lieven's article "Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?" (Fall 1997) is, like the curate's boiled egg in the old Punch cartoon, good in parts.
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Commentary

Syrian Peace and the Bosnia Precedent

Edward P. Joseph
Elizabeth O'Bagy
| May 22, 2013
Could the Dayton agreement be a model for ending the Syrian civil war?

Nation Building Fails in the Balkans

Gordon N. Bardos | Dec 04, 2012
Despite decades of Western intervention, the former Yugoslavia seems to stay the same.

Bosnian Lessons

Gordon N. Bardos | Jul 16, 2010
What are the prospects for success in Iraq and Afghanistan? Our nation-building record in Bosnia and Kosovo isn’t encouraging.
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Blogs

The West’s Rube Goldberg Schemes in the Balkans Come Apart

Ted Galen Carpenter | Aug 05, 2011
The Balkan nation-building fiasco is no longer Washington's problem. It's time to let go of American national narcissism and let the EU handle the newest Bonsia-Herzegovina-Serbia-Kosovo mess.

Washington’s Bosnia Fiasco

Ted Galen Carpenter | Oct 07, 2010
The creation of Bosnia was a mistake, and the pretend country is turning into a political time bomb.

Books & Reviews

Heirs of Sargon

Robert D. Kaplan | Jun 30, 2009
Iraq has a long and tortured history. Home to the tyrant, the origins of despotism lie in the primordial ooze of the Mesopotamian swamp. Yet for a brief moment fifty years ago, the land of two rivers experienced democracy.

China's Power Paradox

Warren I. Cohen | Mar 01, 2006
China has striven to moderate at least the appearence of its global ambitions.

Europe's New Narrative

Martin Walker | Dec 01, 2005
Why the Cold War was so instrumental in Europe's success.
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