Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG Talks, episode 18

About this episode

The episode discusses recent political changes in Republika Srpska and their implications for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 A Change in Republika Srpska? Host: Damir Kapidžić, BiEPAG member Guests: Dženeta Karabegović , Associate Professor at the University of Salzburg, and  Vedran Džihić , a member of BiEPAG This episode reflects on developments that have been keeping Bosnia and Herzegovina on edge. In the past year, the longtime leader of Bosnian Serbs and president of the ruling SNSD party, Milorad Dodik, was sentenced by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was sentenced to one year in prison, a sentence he commuted, removed from the office of President of Respublika Srpska, a subnational entity of BiH, and barred from holding public office for six years. He still disputes the sentence, even I though it is final. Since then, early elections were held in RS to fill his vacated, which were won by Siniša Karan, Dodik’s chosen successor. The shifting dynamics of the transatlantic alliance and general elections scheduled for October 2026 for their complicate the situation. To what all of this means and if we can expect a change in RS and for BiH? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Damir Kapidžić

Guests: Dženeta Karabegović, Vedran Džihić

Topics covered

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Republika Srpska
• political developments
• elections
• Milorad Dodik
• transatlantic alliance

Keywords

• Republika Srpska
• Milorad Dodik
• Siniša Karan
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• political changes
• elections
• transatlantic alliance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Salzburg, SNSD

Places: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska

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