Friends! You can now officially order my book, “Hunger & Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the
#Balkans
” via
@HurstPublishers
. This is the culmination of nearly a decade of work and I’m so excited for you to finally take a look. Thank you, one and all.
Russian-backed secessionist and genocide triumphalist, previously implicated in smuggling looted Ukrainian religious artifacts, and presently under U.S. and UK sanctions concerned he’s unpopular.
I’m confused. Prominent German commentators keep floating the idea of territorial concessions as the path to peace with Russia. But none of them have yet offered a list of the Länder Germany is prepared to surrender to the Kremlin? Go on then.
It suggests the UK Embassy &
@trussliz
’ team took the visit seriously & they wanted the Bosnian public to be as aware as possible of her remarks. I can’t recall a foreign delegation ever having taken such a approach in Bosnia, certainly not in recent memory. That’s encouraging.
I’m still thinking about
@trussliz
speech in Sarajevo y’day. One subtle but important detail: UK officials shared key portions of her remarks w/ Bosnian media ahead of time. That’s a familiar Western practice but reserved for high profile speeches and very unusual in the region.
Bosnians have been waiting for decades for a speech like the one
@trussliz
just gave to the 🇧🇦 Armed Forces: a honest recounting of the failures in the 90s, applying those lessons to contemporary crises, & a firm UK commitment to Bosnia’s ongoing democratic & security interests.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's Elections Commission has received word of serious threat of a major cyber-attack on its databases, says EC president. Russian-aligned
@Dragan_Covic
& his HDZ continue to obstruct funding for the country's scheduled Oct polls.
Folks in Bosnia need to pay close attention to how Germany is responding to Russia's aggression vs. Ukraine: w/ fortune cookie hokum. There's elxns in October. The ones telling you that Berlin (and therewith the EU) are a credible, reliable partner are not in touch w/ reality.
The war raises many questions. Can violence be fought with violence? Can peace only be established without weapons? We should discuss both questions with respect. But one thing is clear: we support Ukraine so that violence does not become the norm. -
@Bundeskanzler
Scholz
Sergei Lavrov is rumored to make his first foreign visit since the onset of Russia’s aggression vs. Ukraine on June 7. And of course he’s headed to Belgrade, whose Vucic regime has remained steadfast in its support for the Kremlin.
🇬🇧 Foreign Secretary and Special Envoy made time today to catch up with our close partners in 🇧🇦, US Ambassador Michael Murphy and High Representative Christian Schmidt.
#StrongerTogether
@USEmbassySJJ
@OHR_BiH
On this day 30 years ago, the Trnopolje concentration camp was opened. Between May 1992 and November 1992, an estimated 30,000 detainees passed through the camp. The detainees were subject to awful conditions with cases of torture, rape, and killing recorded.
Elections are a bedrock of democracy—but last week Bosnia and Herzegovina passed the deadline to fund October's election. A delay will be destabilizing, and we join citizens in BiH in urging the Council of Ministers to do their constitutional duty by ensuring necessary funding.
Firm messages of UK support to BiH, from Foreign Secretary
@trussliz
, and to its essential institutions such as the 🇧🇦 Armed Forces.
#StrongerTogether
Bosnians have been waiting for decades for a speech like the one
@trussliz
just gave to the 🇧🇦 Armed Forces: a honest recounting of the failures in the 90s, applying those lessons to contemporary crises, & a firm UK commitment to Bosnia’s ongoing democratic & security interests.