Bosnia - another wasted year

The year has only just begun but one thing is already pretty clear: it will be another lost one for Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are several reasons to be pessimistic.

Hopes for an early wind-down of the international supervisory authority have faltered. The mandate of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) will be extended for another year, and as long as it continues, making Bosnia effectively a protectorate, Sarajevo cannot apply for EU membership.

The EU has quietly bu...