The Bosnian "Threat" to Empire Bosnia was in the headlines again this week. On Monday, police from both the Serb Republic and the Muslim-Croat Federation raided a Wahhabi village in the north of the country. And on Tuesday, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair spoke of Bosnia as one of the "principal challenges to …
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Neboja Malic says the Balkans get worse
In America, 2009 was to be the year of Hope and Change. Barack Obama became the new emperor in January, drawing record-breaking crowds and promising a radical departure from the era of Bush II. He ended up maintaining continuity – not just with Bush-era wars and practices, but also with Clinton policies of the 1990s. …
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Nebojsa Malic on Bosnia’s Constitution
World Court Ponders Kosovo "Independence" In October 2008, the government in Belgrade gloated for one whole day because the UN General Assembly allowed it to request an advisory opinion from the World Court (International Court of Justice) concerning the "independence" of its occupied province of Kosovo. Only Albania and three South Pacific states joined the …
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14 years later, it’s peace in name only, says Nebosja Malic
Nebojsa Malic on neo-Ottomanism in the Balkans
Nebojsa Malic on the Balkans’ look east
Nebojsa Malic on the country spun from pure imagination
Nebojsa Malic’s notes from the Twilight Zone