Like many, he does not blame Bosnia’s dysfunctional homegrown politicians alone for the crisis facing the country, but the manner of the international community’s engagement as well.
“It is a real paradox, but a major source of the crisis is the Dayton peace agreement itself [that ended the war]. It left a political structure that could do nothing but create further problems. It left a [Bosnian Serb] entity, Republika Srpska, on one side, which is essentially a state, and on the other side the federation which is completely different in its structure ... It is a laboratory experiment where the goal is not to succeed,” he says.
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