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The fragility of peace settlements in the Balkans provides a cautionary tale. US and EU policymakers may inadvertently make matters worse by acceding to the aggressor’s territorial ambitions.
Serbia’s nationalist government seeks re-election. If it succeeds, Europe may be poised for renewed war in the Balkans.
Mass forced movement of people has been used in conflicts to serve three goals: population control, territorial expansion and as a sorting mechanism. All three could be in play in Gaza.
While the Genocide Convention has helped raise awareness and prevent ethnic violence from escalating, it has not stopped many accusations of genocides, including violence in Darfur and in Ukraine.
A key meeting is being held in the Balkans as the EU and US seek to resolve regional tension, partly stoked by pro-Russian forces.
While Americans tend not to use the word “peace,” and instead opt for terms like “safety and security,” their desires and fears are not so different from what people in war-torn places express.
An expert on rape during war examines the emerging evidence from Ukraine that Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian women and explains the role rape plays in conflicts.
In 2005 the world decided it must take action to protect civilians from being targeted in war. In Ukraine frightened civilians are still waiting.
The Dayton accords in 1995 ended years of ethnic warfare in Bosnia, but more than 25 years later, the peace is holding but little else is. Serbian President Milorad Dodik wants out.
Recent threats by the Bosnian Serb leadership of dismantling the shared state institutions endanger the stability and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The pandemic has added to an already desperate situation.
The massacre of 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks in a few days in 1995 must never be forgotten.
The foreign secretary will host a summit in London this summer on helping Balkan states join the EU.
America finds itself in uncharted territory under Donald Trump – not least when it comes to climate change and Israel policy.
Former commander of the Bosnian Serb army Ratko Mladic has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Survivors of the atrocities have today welcomed the long-awaited news.
Bosnian Serb general found guilty of genocide.
Forensic science of the dead helps to convict the living responsible.
Everyone has forgotten there were almost as many asylum seekers in Europe in the early 1990s as today.
How long does it take to make peace? Decades after the end of the Bosnian war, just one in six residents felt that country had reached reconciliation.
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Teaching Fellow in Defence, Development and Diplomacy, Durham University
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Professor in International Law, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor in International Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor Emeritus of Modern European History, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University
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Professor of Modern South-East European History, De Montfort University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Junior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding, University of Winchester
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Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow at the Institute of History, Leiden University
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Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Birmingham
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