Jasmin Mujanović
@jasminmuj.bsky.social
Political Scientist, PhD. Author of "Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans" (2018) and "The Bosniaks: Nationhood After Genocide" (2023), both available via Hurst and OUP.
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Jasmin Mujanović
@jasminmuj.bsky.social
· Nov 10
I am going to assume that the vast majority of people following me on this app likely already know my work but on the off chance that you don’t: I write about the Balkans and international relations, democratization and authoritarianism. I try to stay in my lane beyond that. Cheers!
An important debate in the UK House
of Lords this week re: the developments in BiH. Especially key, as clarified through this question by Lord Browne, that UK government does not intend to remove its sanctions vs. Bosnian Serb secessionists Dodik and Cvijanovic.
of Lords this week re: the developments in BiH. Especially key, as clarified through this question by Lord Browne, that UK government does not intend to remove its sanctions vs. Bosnian Serb secessionists Dodik and Cvijanovic.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
An important debate in the UK House
of Lords this week re: the developments in BiH. Especially key, as clarified through this question by Lord Browne, that UK government does not intend to remove its sanctions vs. Bosnian Serb secessionists Dodik and Cvijanovic.
of Lords this week re: the developments in BiH. Especially key, as clarified through this question by Lord Browne, that UK government does not intend to remove its sanctions vs. Bosnian Serb secessionists Dodik and Cvijanovic.
Many empires and armies have come and gone, their trinkets long bereft of luster. But the stone remembers, old peoples and their older ways.
A joyous Statehood Day to all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to its many friends far across its verdant hills as well.
A joyous Statehood Day to all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to its many friends far across its verdant hills as well.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Many empires and armies have come and gone, their trinkets long bereft of luster. But the stone remembers, old peoples and their older ways.
A joyous Statehood Day to all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to its many friends far across its verdant hills as well.
A joyous Statehood Day to all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to its many friends far across its verdant hills as well.
Banja Luka financial news outlet reports the Bosnian Serb secessionist regime under M. Dodik spent an est. $47 million on its recent lobbying efforts in the US, funneling the money through intermediaries in Vienna, Moscow, and DC. US lifted its sanctions vs Dodik in Oct. capital.ba/skidanje-san...
Skidanje sankcija SAD-a koštalo Srpsku 80 miliona KM
Vlada Republike Srpske povećala je drugim rebalansom budžet Ministarstva za evropske integracije i međunarodnu saradnju RS sa 54,9 na 94,6 miliona maraka
capital.ba
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Banja Luka financial news outlet reports the Bosnian Serb secessionist regime under M. Dodik spent an est. $47 million on its recent lobbying efforts in the US, funneling the money through intermediaries in Vienna, Moscow, and DC. US lifted its sanctions vs Dodik in Oct. capital.ba/skidanje-san...
Emerging OS evidence backing claims of significant irregularities in BiH's special election in RS entity: in Zvornik, SNSD's Karan won by a far greater margin in 2025 than Dodik won in 2022, while trailing his boss in the total vote count by 2k votes yet with a 10k vote decline in approved ballots.
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Emerging OS evidence backing claims of significant irregularities in BiH's special election in RS entity: in Zvornik, SNSD's Karan won by a far greater margin in 2025 than Dodik won in 2022, while trailing his boss in the total vote count by 2k votes yet with a 10k vote decline in approved ballots.
On Nov 21, on the 30th anniversary of the initialing of the DPA, I was honored to participate at the "Dayton to Brussels" symposium hosted by Clingendael, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies & the newly launched BiH-NL-denktank. You can view our discussion here. www.youtube.com/live/nvSajQm...
LIVE | From Dayton to Brussels
YouTube video by Clingendael Institute
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November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
On Nov 21, on the 30th anniversary of the initialing of the DPA, I was honored to participate at the "Dayton to Brussels" symposium hosted by Clingendael, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies & the newly launched BiH-NL-denktank. You can view our discussion here. www.youtube.com/live/nvSajQm...
Independent elections monitors in BiH claim serious instances of fraud at nearly a quarter of all voting sites to replace Bosnian Serb secessionist Dodik as president of the RS entity. The 2022 RS presidency elections too were rerun due to fraud. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
Posmatrači obavijestili CIK o teškom kršenju izbornih pravila: "Porodično glasanje" na 23,7% biračkih mjesta
Koalicija "Pod lupom" objavila je ključne nalaze posmatranja izbornog dana do 12:00h na osnovu izvještaja svojih posmatrača/ica raspoređenih na otprilike svakom...
www.klix.ba
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Independent elections monitors in BiH claim serious instances of fraud at nearly a quarter of all voting sites to replace Bosnian Serb secessionist Dodik as president of the RS entity. The 2022 RS presidency elections too were rerun due to fraud. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
Reposted by Jasmin Mujanović
Is EU member #Croatia tilting toward the far right? Bosnian Genocide researcher Georgio Konstandi examines the patterns: a concert featuring fascist-era call-and-response and political meddling in neighboring #Bosnia:
www.justsecurity.org/125043/croat...
www.justsecurity.org/125043/croat...
Is Croatia Normalizing the Far Right in the Western Balkans?
The Croatian government appears to embrace far-right actions at home while undermining neighboring Bosnia's sovereignty and democracy.
www.justsecurity.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Is EU member #Croatia tilting toward the far right? Bosnian Genocide researcher Georgio Konstandi examines the patterns: a concert featuring fascist-era call-and-response and political meddling in neighboring #Bosnia:
www.justsecurity.org/125043/croat...
www.justsecurity.org/125043/croat...
“The Croatian government’s normalization of the neo-Nazi far-right is intrinsically linked to its undermining of democracy in post-war Bosnia, a country facing secession threats by a Bosnian Serb leader”.
Important text by Konstandi for Just Security. www.justsecurity.org/125043/croat...
Important text by Konstandi for Just Security. www.justsecurity.org/125043/croat...
Is Croatia Normalizing the Far Right in the Western Balkans?
The Croatian government appears to embrace far-right actions at home while undermining neighboring Bosnia's sovereignty and democracy.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
“The Croatian government’s normalization of the neo-Nazi far-right is intrinsically linked to its undermining of democracy in post-war Bosnia, a country facing secession threats by a Bosnian Serb leader”.
Important text by Konstandi for Just Security. www.justsecurity.org/125043/croat...
Important text by Konstandi for Just Security. www.justsecurity.org/125043/croat...
“Pressure the weak, accommodate the strong” is a diplomatic principle as old as the craft itself, closely followed by the principle of “we have exhausted all avenues for accommodation with this emboldened maniac, are now forced into a war we neither wanted nor prepared for”.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Pressure the weak, accommodate the strong” is a diplomatic principle as old as the craft itself, closely followed by the principle of “we have exhausted all avenues for accommodation with this emboldened maniac, are now forced into a war we neither wanted nor prepared for”.
Reposted by Jasmin Mujanović
sometimes on campus you accidentally walk by a poli sci class and the professor is writing like “natural spheres of influence” on the board and everyone is taking notes like its real school
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
sometimes on campus you accidentally walk by a poli sci class and the professor is writing like “natural spheres of influence” on the board and everyone is taking notes like its real school
Russia’s single most important and effective weapon since 2014 has been the categorical refusal of large segments of Western officialdom to recognize that they are at war.
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Russia’s single most important and effective weapon since 2014 has been the categorical refusal of large segments of Western officialdom to recognize that they are at war.
Pleased to be back in London for a series of conversations on the critical role of the UK in the security of the Western Balkans, especially the Atlanticist aspirations of vulnerable democracies like Kosovo and BiH.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Pleased to be back in London for a series of conversations on the critical role of the UK in the security of the Western Balkans, especially the Atlanticist aspirations of vulnerable democracies like Kosovo and BiH.
AM: Romanian far-right ultras pose in Belgrade with a banner celebrating the convicted genocidaire Ratko Mladic and the Srebrenica Genocide.
PM: Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminates Romania 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
PM: Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminates Romania 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
AM: Romanian far-right ultras pose in Belgrade with a banner celebrating the convicted genocidaire Ratko Mladic and the Srebrenica Genocide.
PM: Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminates Romania 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
PM: Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminates Romania 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
I am heartened that, in line w/ the recommendations of our recent New Diplomacy Project policy report, the UK will be increasing its defense footprint in BiH, and deepening its training w/ the BiH Armed Forces. A critical partnership for BiH’s NATO trajectory. www.forcesnews.com/politics/uk-...
UK has deployed 1st Battalion Lancs to Bosnia, Defence Secretary announces in Berlin
John Healey also announced an extension to counter-drone specialist support to Belgium after recent drone threats
www.forcesnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am heartened that, in line w/ the recommendations of our recent New Diplomacy Project policy report, the UK will be increasing its defense footprint in BiH, and deepening its training w/ the BiH Armed Forces. A critical partnership for BiH’s NATO trajectory. www.forcesnews.com/politics/uk-...
Very important intervention by Reps. Meeks & Keating re: recent US decision to remove sanctions vs Kremlin-backed Bosnian Serb secessionist Dodik. This undermines US national security interests in strategically vulnerable Balkans & US-brokered DPA. democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/11/meek...
Meeks, Keating Slam Trump Administration for Removing Sanctions on Pro-Russian Balkan Leader
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Very important intervention by Reps. Meeks & Keating re: recent US decision to remove sanctions vs Kremlin-backed Bosnian Serb secessionist Dodik. This undermines US national security interests in strategically vulnerable Balkans & US-brokered DPA. democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/11/meek...
BiH’s oldest daily publishes excerpts of its reporting from April 1995 which appear to provide concurrent evidence of “sniper safaris,” during which wealthy “war tourists” were given the opportunity to shoot at civilians in besieged Sarajevo. www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...
www.oslobodjenje.ba
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
BiH’s oldest daily publishes excerpts of its reporting from April 1995 which appear to provide concurrent evidence of “sniper safaris,” during which wealthy “war tourists” were given the opportunity to shoot at civilians in besieged Sarajevo. www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...
“According to Gavazzeni’s dossier, at least five Italian citizens — among them people from Milan, Turin and Trieste — took part in the human safaris. Prosecutor Gobbis has not yet listed any concrete suspects in his investigation file.” www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Menschensafari bei Belagerung von Sarajevo macht Schlagzeilen in Italien
Während des Bosnienkriegs sollen gelangweilte Jäger aus dem Ausland hohe Summen bezahlt haben, um Jagd auf Zivilisten machen zu können. Nun ermittelt die italienische Justiz
www.derstandard.at
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“According to Gavazzeni’s dossier, at least five Italian citizens — among them people from Milan, Turin and Trieste — took part in the human safaris. Prosecutor Gobbis has not yet listed any concrete suspects in his investigation file.” www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
For Odgovor I write: understanding Croatia's decision to bar entry to Bosnian journalist Avdic, arguably the most prominent reporter in the W. Balkans, requires context. Namely, Croatia's recent lurch back towards the illiberal right and its neo-colonial project in Bosnia. odgovor.ba/article/4514/
The Feeble, Obsessive Colonialism of Andrej Plenkovic
The decision of the Republic of Croatia to ban entry onto its territory of Avdo Avdic, arguably the most prominent investigative journalist in the whole of the Western Balkans, represents a new nadir ...
odgovor.ba
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
For Odgovor I write: understanding Croatia's decision to bar entry to Bosnian journalist Avdic, arguably the most prominent reporter in the W. Balkans, requires context. Namely, Croatia's recent lurch back towards the illiberal right and its neo-colonial project in Bosnia. odgovor.ba/article/4514/
Reposted by Jasmin Mujanović
#Croatia: The EFJ is joining its affiliate, the BH Journalists Association, in demanding that the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Croatian Border Police urgently provide an explanation for banning Bosnian journalist and editor Avdo Avdić, from entering the country.
BH JOURNALISTS: Institutions of Croatia must urgently explain why they banned journalist Avdo Avdić from entering the country - BH novinari
Sarajevo, November 12, 2025 – The Steering Committee of the BH Journalists Association and the Free Media Help Line (FMHL) demand that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Croatia and t...
bhnovinari.ba
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#Croatia: The EFJ is joining its affiliate, the BH Journalists Association, in demanding that the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Croatian Border Police urgently provide an explanation for banning Bosnian journalist and editor Avdo Avdić, from entering the country.
The same day HDZ authorities in Croatia bar entry to the most prominent investigative reporter in the W. Balkans, an N1 crew is assaulted on the main square of Zagreb.
Clear indicators of democratic backsliding and declining press freedom in the EU's most recent member state.
Clear indicators of democratic backsliding and declining press freedom in the EU's most recent member state.
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The same day HDZ authorities in Croatia bar entry to the most prominent investigative reporter in the W. Balkans, an N1 crew is assaulted on the main square of Zagreb.
Clear indicators of democratic backsliding and declining press freedom in the EU's most recent member state.
Clear indicators of democratic backsliding and declining press freedom in the EU's most recent member state.
Croatia’s decision to bar entry to the most prominent investigative journalist in the W. Balkans is another major red flag of Zagreb’s lurch towards illiberalism. I trust @efjeurope.bsky.social will make a statement condemning this clear act of censorship by an EU govt. odgovor.ba/article/4483/
Prominent Bosnian Investigative Journalist Avdo Avdić Denied Entry into Croatia
According to Avdić, Croatian border police at the Gradiška crossing handed him an official notice stating that his entry into the country was prohibited. The document cited that his name appears in th...
odgovor.ba
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Croatia’s decision to bar entry to the most prominent investigative journalist in the W. Balkans is another major red flag of Zagreb’s lurch towards illiberalism. I trust @efjeurope.bsky.social will make a statement condemning this clear act of censorship by an EU govt. odgovor.ba/article/4483/
NEW: Reviewing New Diplomacy Project's recent policy report advocating for a retooled British policy in the W. Balkans, I argue in @politicshome.bsky.social the same is a necessity "for any UK government...serious about contesting Eurasia’s new geopolitics." www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Britain must step up to help counter Russia’s threat in the Balkans
The UK has long understood that this vulnerable region is Europe’s strategic underbelly. But, given the various global crises in recent years, neit...
www.politicshome.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
NEW: Reviewing New Diplomacy Project's recent policy report advocating for a retooled British policy in the W. Balkans, I argue in @politicshome.bsky.social the same is a necessity "for any UK government...serious about contesting Eurasia’s new geopolitics." www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The horror of the aggression against Bosnia: "Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the four-year siege of the city". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The horror of the aggression against Bosnia: "Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the four-year siege of the city". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
In the first 10 mos of 2025, the Sarajevo & Tuzla cantons collected more tax revenue than the entire RS entity. US sanctions relief was a major political win for Dodik but his regime remains an economic basket case. That's where pressure must be applied. www.vijesti.ba/clanak/72560...
Brojke ne lažu, Dodik da: Dva kantona jača od cijele RS
Poreska uprava RS prikupila je u periodu januar - oktobar 2025. godine ukupno 3,638 milijardi KM javnih prihoda. S druge strane, Porezni obveznici Federacije Bi
www.vijesti.ba
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In the first 10 mos of 2025, the Sarajevo & Tuzla cantons collected more tax revenue than the entire RS entity. US sanctions relief was a major political win for Dodik but his regime remains an economic basket case. That's where pressure must be applied. www.vijesti.ba/clanak/72560...
Reposted by Jasmin Mujanović
praljak got monument, just a couple days ago, in his home city of čapljina. the city is ruled by the sister political party (hdz) that rules neighbouring croatia. #samokažem
Today marks 32 yrs since the destruction of Mostar’s Old Bridge by Croat nationalist forces under command of war criminal Praljak during the Bosnian War. One of the most grotesque acts of “culturcide” of the 20th century.
Recent events suggest a renewed surge in nationalist extremism in Croatia.
Recent events suggest a renewed surge in nationalist extremism in Croatia.
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
praljak got monument, just a couple days ago, in his home city of čapljina. the city is ruled by the sister political party (hdz) that rules neighbouring croatia. #samokažem