Hamza Karčić

Moustapha Akkad’s re­mark­able film about the ear­ly his­to­ry of Is­lam con­tin­ues to have an im­pact to­day. 

Af­ter Djukanovic’s exit, there is rea­son to wor­ry about Mon­tene­gro’s com­mit­ment to the West.

Ser­bia’s re­fusal to ac­cept Koso­vo’s sov­er­eign­ty is in­creas­ing the pos­si­bil­i­ty of re­newed con­flict in the re­gion.

The Day­ton Ac­cords made Bosnia a dys­func­tion­al state. Ukraine should re­sist pres­sure for a sim­i­lar flawed peace deal.

Putin may try to desta­bilise the West­ern Balka­ns by end­ing EU­FOR’s man­date, but that may lead to a NATO come­back.

The per­ceived EU dis­en­gage­ment with Bosnia is en­cour­ag­ing sep­a­ratist pol­i­tics.

Biden’s re-en­gage­ment with Eu­rope can start with an easy diplo­mat­ic win in the Balka­ns that would se­cure the re­gion.