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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Heartening that POTUS is distancing himself from associates who have been assisting the political operations of the Chinese and Russian backed Serb secessionist regime in Bosnia. Supporting such extremists does not advance U.S. national security interest in the region.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Now via Al Jazeera Balkans: Central Elections Commission reports, with 80% of ballots counted, Becirovic and Cvijanovic secure re-election, HDZ's Filipovic bests Kovacevic. Your first Bosnian post-election crisis: Filipovic and Civjanovic move to issue pardon to secessionist Dodik.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Now @istragab.bsky.social reporting their access to a large vote dump which shows Becirovic leading Izetbegovic c. 118,000 to 110,000 votes, and Filipovic leading Kovacevic c. 69,000 to 39,000. But we still do not have final turnout figures, so unclear how many votes may be outstanding.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Early figures from the Bosnian presidency elections show Izetbegovic still with a narrow lead over incumbent Becirovic. Kovacevic leads in the Croat race, with Lucic seemingly chewing into the HDZ vote. Low turnout may be pronounced factor in latter race.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Very, very early unofficial results from Hayat TV for the Bosniak seat on the Bosnian state presidency show SDA boss Izetbegovic with a thin lead over incumbent Becirovic. But expect these results to fluctuate greatly in coming hours.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This woman is an EU MEP, sitting as a member of Croatia's governing HDZ. But she spent most of her professional career as a Bosnian diplomat. And here she boasts of voting in the Bosnian elections. Look, multiple citizenships are are increasingly the norm. But when you're a public official...

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As of 17:00 the official turnout has inched above 32% and passed the symbolically significant threshold of 1 million voters. There will be a surge of votes in the last two hours ahead of the 19:00 close. But (based on the official figures) final turnout will still likely >50%.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The official count from the BiH Central Elections Commission (CIK) says less 27% of voters have cast ballots as of 15:00 local time. Polls close at 19:00. This turnout is running some 8% behind 2022, where the final figure was 51%. Low turnout will favor machine parties.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Columbia’s Jeffrey Sachs in an official visit with the Beijing and Moscow backed Serb secessionist regime in Bosnia’s RS entity, only days after this government glorified the genocidaire Mladic, and as they prepare new legal attacks on the Srebrenica Memorial Center.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not since the end of the Bosnian War (1992–1995) and the U.S.-brokered Dayton Peace Agreement has Congress released a report of this depth and political significance.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today's newly released House Foreign Affairs Committee report, "Pay to Play in the Balkans" (first reported by Semafor), is a landmark development in Congressional oversight of U.S. policy toward Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkans.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

An uncanny homage to Mitterand’s approach to the genocide in Bosnia by Macron tonight, not fully 48 hours after the state-sponsored Mladic funeral in Belgrade.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The fourth annual Sarajevo Security Conference begins in front a full house at the historic Vijećnica, at moment in which Bosnia, the region, and the transatlantic community stand astride an extraordinary combination of geopolitical inflection points. Let us lead with our values, friends.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Good morning from Sarajevo, once more. I am looking forward to participating in the fourth annual Sarajevo Security Conference later this week. Above all, I am very proud of the team which has established this city a leading site for contemporary transatlantic debate. Onwards, friends.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The genocidaire Ratko Mladic and his paymasters in Belgrade left Sarajevo a bloody ruin. A capital city starved and devastated for four years. Today, it is the pearl of Europe once more; the site of festivals, celebrations, graduations, joys great and plenty. You lost, Ratko.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The U.S. should recognize the secession of the RS entity from Bosnia because its population has collapsed, its leadership is in bed with the Chinese, so that an independent RS can recognize Kosovo and U.S. can build a military base outside of Banja Luka. Am I having a stroke?!

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In this first-of-its kind Balkan politics simulator a single playthrough lasts less than ten minutes. But the disappointment follows you for a lifetime.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

…or just get your cut in the patronage economy. Play your cards right, and you might even get an invite to a special dinner.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

With nine distinct endings you can stand on principle, defying a crooked system and resigning with your dignity intact; compromise with nationalist hardliners in hopes of moving ahead on the EU accession path; plead with the OHR to impose your preferred reforms…

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s a text-based, choose your own adventure experience that's free to play, right now.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“Another shocking instance of Bosniak demographic opportunism, wherein the temptress Azra seduces the innocent Franjo, leading him away from the Gospel of Legitimate Representation towards the sinful trickery of the European Convention of Human Rights,” Dragan Covic, probably.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

12:00. The piercing sound of sirens rings throughout Sarajevo as the capital and its inhabitants come to a stand still to remember the victims of the Srebrenica Genocide, and the broader Bosnian Genocide. Today, we grieve the dead. Tomorrow, we organize for the living.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Today we observe the global day of commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide perpetrated by Belgrade’s proxy Serb nationalist forces in July 1995. Many Bosnian scholars, above all at the Srebrenica Memorial Center, have written extensively on the subject. As such allow me only a few brief points:

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Not much of a final score line a but a lovely evening at the Grbavica grounds all the same, watching tournament hosts BiH take on Poland at the UEFA Women’s U19 Championship. Terrific seeing the growth of the women’s game in BiH as compared to even a decade ago too.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I’ve written about the extraordinary demographic collapse of eastern Herzegovina, i.e. eastern RS entity. This shocking map puts that in stark relief: the red areas are settlements with pop of just 1-100 people. The brown areas have 0 inhabitants. The price of decades of Serb nationalist rule.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Bosnia very much adopting a “smoke ‘em if you got ‘em” strategy to tonight’s Qatar match.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Belgrade wasn’t even the only city in Yugoslavia to be bombed by the Axis during the initial invasion. Here is a scene from Sarajevo from April 1941, following the first Luftwaffe attacks, showing extensive damage near the Ashkenazi Synagogue. What a ridiculous lie.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

New Vucic WWII revisionism just dropped. The Germans were bombing large swathes of Europe during 1941, e.g. The Blitz. The only genuinely unique aspect of the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia was that Belgrade was the first city outside the occupied USSR to be declared fully “cleansed” of Jews.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Incredibly, the entire senior leadership of Croatia is offering profuse condolences over the death of the American-born neo-fascist terrorist Julienne Bušić, who along with her husband and three others, hijacked TWA 355 in 1976, leading to the death of one NYPD officer.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The entire Bosnian Serb secessionist delegation which met with Putin today in Moscow was under US sanctions until Oct 2025. A couple million in lobbying dollars spent on Mike Flynn, Rod Blagojevich et al, and they’re sanctions-free — with not an iota of political moderation.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A beautiful evening in Zurich. I’m looking forward to presenting at the launch conference of the Institute of Slavic and Eastern European Studies at the University of Zurich, and discussing my book “The Bosniaks” with the Bosnian Students & Academics Association.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Dr. Robin Books spent 21 years as a US Foreign Service Officer, including a posting as Special Advisor for Europe to VP Kamala Harris. She reflects on her experiences and the evolution of US foreign policy on the next episode of Balkanomnicon. Begins streaming on Friday.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A short excerpt from my conversation with @faisalalyafai.bsky.social of @newlinesmag.bsky.social about the intimacy of the violence committed against the Bosniak community during the Bosnian War and the Bosnian Genocide, and the long term consequences of the same.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

“Get ready to be inspired!” at Judson University, kids.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

One immediate ask BiH’s MFA and presidency should make of the new govt in Budapest is the closure of Orban’s faux “counter-terrorism center” in Banja Luka, which is no more than a liaison office for his regime’s support for Milorad Dodik’s secessionist adventurism in Bosnia.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

One of the strangest and most disturbing moments during Orban’s long tenure was the period in 2018 during which he was repeatedly photographed - including during a meeting with Italy’s Meloni - with an enormous ethnic map of Bosnia. This coincided with a sharp uptick in his government’s support…

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

“Worry not, Viktor. We’ll always have Moscow.”

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

During Trump Jr’s visit to BiH this week, during which he spoke at an event organized by the Kremlin-backed Serb secessionist regime in Banja Luka, he also sat down for an interview with Boris Malagurski, a prominent regional conspiracy theorist, Bosnian Genocide denier and Russian media mainstay.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Illinois-based Judson U. to host Kremlin-backed Bosnian Serb secessionist Dodik, who was under US sanctions only a few weeks ago. Uni boasts about "Standing Up for Democracy" while hosting the world's most prominent Srebrenica Genocide denier. Truly vile. www.judsonu.edu/the-world-le...

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A few days ago I had the opportunity sit down for a chat with my friend Drilon S. Gashi about his remarkable journey from the Kosovo diaspora to the diplomatic service of the Republic of Kosovo. Amb. Gashi is my next guest on Balkanomnicon, presented by @odgovor.bsky.social. Streaming soon!

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Critical bipartisan initiative by @shaheen.senate.gov, Sens. Tillis, Grassley, Durbin et al urging Trump admin to restore US sanctions vs. Kremlin-backed Serb secessionist Dodik. Letter provides pithy account of Dodik's continued threat to Dayton & why US law compels admin to restore sanctions.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The facts of Michael Flynn's most peculiar foray in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which appear to have significant political and legal ramifications both in Sarajevo and Washington.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A photo finish in Slovenia, with PM Robert Golob's ruling Freedom Movement just edging Orban-Dodik ally Jansa's SDS by 0.50%. The seat distribution in the National Assembly, however, is challenging for Golob and Jansa alike; unstable govt or even hung parliament likely.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I want to again thank everyone who has been listening to Balkanomnicon but especially the smattering of listeners in Ukraine. Seeing this little sliver of data genuinely made me quite emotional. I hope these conversations provide a brief moment of respite for you, friends.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The U.S. intel community assesses that Russia is still supporting the secession of the RS entity in Bosnia. Yet the Trump administration lifted sanctions vs. Milorad Dodik and his entire secessionist regime last Oct, with little justification. Congress should demand answers.

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