Monday, February 1, 2010

Furthering Peace Talks Between Bosnia and Croatia

By: Erica McCauley

Earlier this year, previous President of Croatia threatened Bosnia's Serb Entity for thinking about succeeding to an independent state. The plan was to succeed and become part of the "Super Serb" state; therefore, Croatia was doing its duty in supporting Bosnia remaining a completely independent state, not just solely a Bosnian Serb state. Not to mention if the Bosnian Serb state, Republika Srpska, succeeds, the Bosnian Croats would follow suit, Bosnia would be left in a Muslim state. That leaves the Balkans with a potential epicenter for terrorism.
Croatia would not need to take so much interest in it's neighbor, if the United States and European Union did not leave Bosnia high and dry. In the Dayton agreement after the war in 1995, the was an Office of High Representative established (OHR). OHR was used to maintain the country that had been recently put into shambles. However after 2006, OHR was dismantled, and Bosnia was left on its own.
It is unclear that anyone wants to help Bosnia after the abandonment of the West, and previous Croatian President Tudjman. However, the recent President of Croatia, Mesic, has taken a strong stance in supporting a unified, independent Bosnia. The future support of Bosnia remains stable with the new election of Josipovic. Josipovic has given a public statement, that he will not be taken military action on his fellow neighbor. He will continue the support of an independent Bosnian state.

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