On Monday, November 7, 2011 BAACBH attended a symposium organized by the Center for Transatlantic Relations at John Hopkins University titled "Economic Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Absence of Government and its Consequences." The panelists included Jennifer…
On September 29, Executive Director Ajla Delkic and Intern Tyler Branscome spoke to an undergraduate class of Peace and Conflict Resolution students at American University about Bosnia before the class's trip to the country in late October. Professor…
The Atlantic Initiative Democratization Policy Council recently published a piece titled "Assessing the Potential for Renewed Ethnic Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Security Risk Analysis". In this assessment, co-authors Vlado Azinovic, Kurt Bassuener, and Bodo Weber address…
October 2011 marks the 1 year anniversary of the 2010 parliamentary and presidential elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH); an anniversary that signifies the continuing failure to elect a government that would work together towards a multi-ethnic and…
On October 6, 2011, the International Crisis Group (ICG) published an article titled “Bosnia: What Does Republika Srpska Want?” In the article, ICG says that the RS, since its attempt at a referendum in June 2011, has redefined…
Lobbying is an act of attempting to influence decisions made by those in the government. It is widely known that the U.S. government is heavily lobbied by special interest groups that are trying to sway legislation and U.S….
BAACBH strongly condemns the act of violence that occurred at the United States Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) today. According to news sources, Mevlid Jasarevic, an assailant from Novi Pazar, Serbia opened fire at the U.S….
Congressman Carnahan Speaks to Seceretary of State Clinton regarding stagnation of BiH reforms and the Increasing Risk to the Region Due to Inaction
On Tuesday, October 25th, Executive Director Ajla Delkic and Intern Tyler Branscome attended a lecture at the United States Institute of Peace titled: "Global Security: Through a Bosnian Lens." The event focused on what we can learn about…
Recently, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has opened a multimedia website called "The Mladic Files," which includes reports of the trial of Ratko Mladic at the ICTY. The website will also include information about the Srebrenica genocide…
BAACBH strongly condemns Columbia University's discriminatory actions against Bosnian Americans that occurred yesterday, October 25, 2011. The University's Harriman Institute of Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies hosted Milorad Dodik, the President of Republika Srpska (RS), where he…
The Bosniak American Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAACBH) sent letters this week to members of the Congressional Caucus on Bosnia as well as to Hannah Rosenthal, the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism in grave…