Jasmin Mujanović
@jasminmuj.bsky.social
Political Scientist, PhD. Author of "Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans" (2018) and "The Bosniaks: Nationhood After Genocide" (2023), both available via Hurst and OUP.
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Jasmin Mujanović
@jasminmuj.bsky.social
· Nov 10
I am going to assume that the vast majority of people following me on this app likely already know my work but on the off chance that you don’t: I write about the Balkans and international relations, democratization and authoritarianism. I try to stay in my lane beyond that. Cheers!
Russia’s single most important and effective weapon since 2014 has been the categorical refusal of large segments of Western officialdom to recognize that they are at war.
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Russia’s single most important and effective weapon since 2014 has been the categorical refusal of large segments of Western officialdom to recognize that they are at war.
Pleased to be back in London for a series of conversations on the critical role of the UK in the security of the Western Balkans, especially the Atlanticist aspirations of vulnerable democracies like Kosovo and BiH.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Pleased to be back in London for a series of conversations on the critical role of the UK in the security of the Western Balkans, especially the Atlanticist aspirations of vulnerable democracies like Kosovo and BiH.
AM: Romanian far-right ultras pose in Belgrade with a banner celebrating the convicted genocidaire Ratko Mladic and the Srebrenica Genocide.
PM: Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminates Romania 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
PM: Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminates Romania 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
AM: Romanian far-right ultras pose in Belgrade with a banner celebrating the convicted genocidaire Ratko Mladic and the Srebrenica Genocide.
PM: Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminates Romania 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
PM: Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminates Romania 3-1 in World Cup qualifying.
I am heartened that, in line w/ the recommendations of our recent New Diplomacy Project policy report, the UK will be increasing its defense footprint in BiH, and deepening its training w/ the BiH Armed Forces. A critical partnership for BiH’s NATO trajectory. www.forcesnews.com/politics/uk-...
UK has deployed 1st Battalion Lancs to Bosnia, Defence Secretary announces in Berlin
John Healey also announced an extension to counter-drone specialist support to Belgium after recent drone threats
www.forcesnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am heartened that, in line w/ the recommendations of our recent New Diplomacy Project policy report, the UK will be increasing its defense footprint in BiH, and deepening its training w/ the BiH Armed Forces. A critical partnership for BiH’s NATO trajectory. www.forcesnews.com/politics/uk-...
Very important intervention by Reps. Meeks & Keating re: recent US decision to remove sanctions vs Kremlin-backed Bosnian Serb secessionist Dodik. This undermines US national security interests in strategically vulnerable Balkans & US-brokered DPA. democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/11/meek...
Meeks, Keating Slam Trump Administration for Removing Sanctions on Pro-Russian Balkan Leader
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Very important intervention by Reps. Meeks & Keating re: recent US decision to remove sanctions vs Kremlin-backed Bosnian Serb secessionist Dodik. This undermines US national security interests in strategically vulnerable Balkans & US-brokered DPA. democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2025/11/meek...
BiH’s oldest daily publishes excerpts of its reporting from April 1995 which appear to provide concurrent evidence of “sniper safaris,” during which wealthy “war tourists” were given the opportunity to shoot at civilians in besieged Sarajevo. www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...
www.oslobodjenje.ba
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
BiH’s oldest daily publishes excerpts of its reporting from April 1995 which appear to provide concurrent evidence of “sniper safaris,” during which wealthy “war tourists” were given the opportunity to shoot at civilians in besieged Sarajevo. www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...
“According to Gavazzeni’s dossier, at least five Italian citizens — among them people from Milan, Turin and Trieste — took part in the human safaris. Prosecutor Gobbis has not yet listed any concrete suspects in his investigation file.” www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Menschensafari bei Belagerung von Sarajevo macht Schlagzeilen in Italien
Während des Bosnienkriegs sollen gelangweilte Jäger aus dem Ausland hohe Summen bezahlt haben, um Jagd auf Zivilisten machen zu können. Nun ermittelt die italienische Justiz
www.derstandard.at
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“According to Gavazzeni’s dossier, at least five Italian citizens — among them people from Milan, Turin and Trieste — took part in the human safaris. Prosecutor Gobbis has not yet listed any concrete suspects in his investigation file.” www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
For Odgovor I write: understanding Croatia's decision to bar entry to Bosnian journalist Avdic, arguably the most prominent reporter in the W. Balkans, requires context. Namely, Croatia's recent lurch back towards the illiberal right and its neo-colonial project in Bosnia. odgovor.ba/article/4514/
The Feeble, Obsessive Colonialism of Andrej Plenkovic
The decision of the Republic of Croatia to ban entry onto its territory of Avdo Avdic, arguably the most prominent investigative journalist in the whole of the Western Balkans, represents a new nadir ...
odgovor.ba
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
For Odgovor I write: understanding Croatia's decision to bar entry to Bosnian journalist Avdic, arguably the most prominent reporter in the W. Balkans, requires context. Namely, Croatia's recent lurch back towards the illiberal right and its neo-colonial project in Bosnia. odgovor.ba/article/4514/
Reposted by Jasmin Mujanović
#Croatia: The EFJ is joining its affiliate, the BH Journalists Association, in demanding that the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Croatian Border Police urgently provide an explanation for banning Bosnian journalist and editor Avdo Avdić, from entering the country.
BH JOURNALISTS: Institutions of Croatia must urgently explain why they banned journalist Avdo Avdić from entering the country - BH novinari
Sarajevo, November 12, 2025 – The Steering Committee of the BH Journalists Association and the Free Media Help Line (FMHL) demand that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Croatia and t...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#Croatia: The EFJ is joining its affiliate, the BH Journalists Association, in demanding that the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Croatian Border Police urgently provide an explanation for banning Bosnian journalist and editor Avdo Avdić, from entering the country.
The same day HDZ authorities in Croatia bar entry to the most prominent investigative reporter in the W. Balkans, an N1 crew is assaulted on the main square of Zagreb.
Clear indicators of democratic backsliding and declining press freedom in the EU's most recent member state.
Clear indicators of democratic backsliding and declining press freedom in the EU's most recent member state.
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The same day HDZ authorities in Croatia bar entry to the most prominent investigative reporter in the W. Balkans, an N1 crew is assaulted on the main square of Zagreb.
Clear indicators of democratic backsliding and declining press freedom in the EU's most recent member state.
Clear indicators of democratic backsliding and declining press freedom in the EU's most recent member state.
Croatia’s decision to bar entry to the most prominent investigative journalist in the W. Balkans is another major red flag of Zagreb’s lurch towards illiberalism. I trust @efjeurope.bsky.social will make a statement condemning this clear act of censorship by an EU govt. odgovor.ba/article/4483/
Prominent Bosnian Investigative Journalist Avdo Avdić Denied Entry into Croatia
According to Avdić, Croatian border police at the Gradiška crossing handed him an official notice stating that his entry into the country was prohibited. The document cited that his name appears in th...
odgovor.ba
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Croatia’s decision to bar entry to the most prominent investigative journalist in the W. Balkans is another major red flag of Zagreb’s lurch towards illiberalism. I trust @efjeurope.bsky.social will make a statement condemning this clear act of censorship by an EU govt. odgovor.ba/article/4483/
NEW: Reviewing New Diplomacy Project's recent policy report advocating for a retooled British policy in the W. Balkans, I argue in @politicshome.bsky.social the same is a necessity "for any UK government...serious about contesting Eurasia’s new geopolitics." www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Britain must step up to help counter Russia’s threat in the Balkans
The UK has long understood that this vulnerable region is Europe’s strategic underbelly. But, given the various global crises in recent years, neit...
www.politicshome.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
NEW: Reviewing New Diplomacy Project's recent policy report advocating for a retooled British policy in the W. Balkans, I argue in @politicshome.bsky.social the same is a necessity "for any UK government...serious about contesting Eurasia’s new geopolitics." www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The horror of the aggression against Bosnia: "Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the four-year siege of the city". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The horror of the aggression against Bosnia: "Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the four-year siege of the city". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
In the first 10 mos of 2025, the Sarajevo & Tuzla cantons collected more tax revenue than the entire RS entity. US sanctions relief was a major political win for Dodik but his regime remains an economic basket case. That's where pressure must be applied. www.vijesti.ba/clanak/72560...
Brojke ne lažu, Dodik da: Dva kantona jača od cijele RS
Poreska uprava RS prikupila je u periodu januar - oktobar 2025. godine ukupno 3,638 milijardi KM javnih prihoda. S druge strane, Porezni obveznici Federacije Bi
www.vijesti.ba
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In the first 10 mos of 2025, the Sarajevo & Tuzla cantons collected more tax revenue than the entire RS entity. US sanctions relief was a major political win for Dodik but his regime remains an economic basket case. That's where pressure must be applied. www.vijesti.ba/clanak/72560...
Reposted by Jasmin Mujanović
praljak got monument, just a couple days ago, in his home city of čapljina. the city is ruled by the sister political party (hdz) that rules neighbouring croatia. #samokažem
Today marks 32 yrs since the destruction of Mostar’s Old Bridge by Croat nationalist forces under command of war criminal Praljak during the Bosnian War. One of the most grotesque acts of “culturcide” of the 20th century.
Recent events suggest a renewed surge in nationalist extremism in Croatia.
Recent events suggest a renewed surge in nationalist extremism in Croatia.
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
praljak got monument, just a couple days ago, in his home city of čapljina. the city is ruled by the sister political party (hdz) that rules neighbouring croatia. #samokažem
Today marks 32 yrs since the destruction of Mostar’s Old Bridge by Croat nationalist forces under command of war criminal Praljak during the Bosnian War. One of the most grotesque acts of “culturcide” of the 20th century.
Recent events suggest a renewed surge in nationalist extremism in Croatia.
Recent events suggest a renewed surge in nationalist extremism in Croatia.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Today marks 32 yrs since the destruction of Mostar’s Old Bridge by Croat nationalist forces under command of war criminal Praljak during the Bosnian War. One of the most grotesque acts of “culturcide” of the 20th century.
Recent events suggest a renewed surge in nationalist extremism in Croatia.
Recent events suggest a renewed surge in nationalist extremism in Croatia.
“A body politic which is exposed to one systemic shock after another but is unable to articulate a rational response, even for the purposes of its basic self-preservation.”
For Odgovor on the “terminal passivity” gripping Bosnian society.
English/Bosnian versions below. odgovor.ba/article/4007/
For Odgovor on the “terminal passivity” gripping Bosnian society.
English/Bosnian versions below. odgovor.ba/article/4007/
Terminalna pasivnost bosanskog političkog tijela
This article is available in English Paradoksalno svlačenje zanimljiv je medicinski fenomen: osoba koja se smrzava počinje skidati odjeću. Još uvijek ne razumijemo uzroke ovakvoga ponašanja, ali struč...
odgovor.ba
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“A body politic which is exposed to one systemic shock after another but is unable to articulate a rational response, even for the purposes of its basic self-preservation.”
For Odgovor on the “terminal passivity” gripping Bosnian society.
English/Bosnian versions below. odgovor.ba/article/4007/
For Odgovor on the “terminal passivity” gripping Bosnian society.
English/Bosnian versions below. odgovor.ba/article/4007/
Ah, yes, renowned gastroenterologist Dragan Covic.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Ah, yes, renowned gastroenterologist Dragan Covic.
“Serbia’s government…signed a 99-year-lease agreement with Kushner-related Affinity Global Development…But the project stalled after Serbia’s organized crime prosecutors launched an investigation into whether documents…were forged.” apnews.com/article/serb...
Serbia passes a special bill enabling Trump's son-in-law to build luxury compound despite opposition
Serbian lawmakers have passed a special law clearing the way for a proposed real estate development project that would be financed by a company linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner but wh...
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Serbia’s government…signed a 99-year-lease agreement with Kushner-related Affinity Global Development…But the project stalled after Serbia’s organized crime prosecutors launched an investigation into whether documents…were forged.” apnews.com/article/serb...
Reposted by Jasmin Mujanović
How does a community targeted for extermination become the backbone of a fragile democracy?
Join us for this book presentation with @jasminmuj.bsky.social to learn what the Bosniak experience means for the stability of SOE as a whole.
Registration: www.sogde.org/de/events/th...
Join us for this book presentation with @jasminmuj.bsky.social to learn what the Bosniak experience means for the stability of SOE as a whole.
Registration: www.sogde.org/de/events/th...
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
How does a community targeted for extermination become the backbone of a fragile democracy?
Join us for this book presentation with @jasminmuj.bsky.social to learn what the Bosniak experience means for the stability of SOE as a whole.
Registration: www.sogde.org/de/events/th...
Join us for this book presentation with @jasminmuj.bsky.social to learn what the Bosniak experience means for the stability of SOE as a whole.
Registration: www.sogde.org/de/events/th...
W/in less than a week, BiH police have taken away the phone of FBiH entity deputy PM, Mijatovic, and raided the offices of close associates of PM, Niksic. Niksic is the leader of the SDP, Mijatovic a chief deputy. SDP came to power on a “anti-corruption” platform in 2022. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
Vojinu Mijatoviću oduzet telefon zbog sumnje u namještanje javnog poziva teškog 1,2 miliona KM
Policijski službenici danas su po nalogu POSKOK-a oduzeli službeni mobitel federalnom ministru razvoja, poduzetništva i obrta i dopremijera Vlade FBiH Vojinu Mi...
www.klix.ba
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
W/in less than a week, BiH police have taken away the phone of FBiH entity deputy PM, Mijatovic, and raided the offices of close associates of PM, Niksic. Niksic is the leader of the SDP, Mijatovic a chief deputy. SDP came to power on a “anti-corruption” platform in 2022. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
Bosnian Serb secessionist & suspected war criminal Stevandic, who the US just took off its sanctions list, boasts the breakaway Banja Luka authorities have “established channels of communication with the US, China, & Russia, something few have managed”. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
Stevandić: Napravili smo kanal komunikacije sa SAD-om, Kinom i Rusijom, to je malo kome pošlo za rukom
Predsjednik Narodne skupštine Republike Srpske (NSRS) Nenad Stevandić komentarisao je odluku Ustavnog suda Bosne i Hercegovine da odbije apelaciju predsjednika...
www.klix.ba
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Bosnian Serb secessionist & suspected war criminal Stevandic, who the US just took off its sanctions list, boasts the breakaway Banja Luka authorities have “established channels of communication with the US, China, & Russia, something few have managed”. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
At least 10 confirmed deaths in an overnight fire in a senior’s home in the northeast Bosnian city of Tuzla. Sadly, the death toll appears expected to rise. A horrific tragedy.
My heart is with those still coming to grips with the scale of this disaster tonight. www.klix.ba/vijesti/crna...
My heart is with those still coming to grips with the scale of this disaster tonight. www.klix.ba/vijesti/crna...
Najmanje deset poginulih u Domu penzionera u Tuzli, među 20 povrijeđenih ima i onih u teškom stanju
Broj poginulih u požaru koji je večeras zahvatio sprat zgrade u kojoj se nalazi Dom penzionera u Tuzli popeo se na njih deset i nažalost to izvjesno neće biti k...
www.klix.ba
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
At least 10 confirmed deaths in an overnight fire in a senior’s home in the northeast Bosnian city of Tuzla. Sadly, the death toll appears expected to rise. A horrific tragedy.
My heart is with those still coming to grips with the scale of this disaster tonight. www.klix.ba/vijesti/crna...
My heart is with those still coming to grips with the scale of this disaster tonight. www.klix.ba/vijesti/crna...
All political ideologies are aspirational in their view of the world, even the most reactionary ones. The conviction of contemporary "national conservatives," however, that "homogeneity = prosperity" is truly fantastical.
First, their purported halcyon eras of ethnic homogeneity...
First, their purported halcyon eras of ethnic homogeneity...
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All political ideologies are aspirational in their view of the world, even the most reactionary ones. The conviction of contemporary "national conservatives," however, that "homogeneity = prosperity" is truly fantastical.
First, their purported halcyon eras of ethnic homogeneity...
First, their purported halcyon eras of ethnic homogeneity...
Before American-born "Zak Novak", i.e. Zlatko Novkovic, joined up w/ Vucic's regime thugs in Belgrade, he served as a volunteer in the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine, and before that in the Serb nationalist forces occupying Grbavica during the Siege of Sarajevo. www.klix.ba/vijesti/regi...
Beograđanima klanjem prijetio muškarac koji je kao Aleksićev četnik učestvovao u opsadi Sarajeva
Na društvenim mrežama kruži snimak na kojem se vidi muškarac kako ispred Narodne skupštine Srbije prijeti okupljenim građanima klanjem, oponašajući pokret rukom...
www.klix.ba
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Before American-born "Zak Novak", i.e. Zlatko Novkovic, joined up w/ Vucic's regime thugs in Belgrade, he served as a volunteer in the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine, and before that in the Serb nationalist forces occupying Grbavica during the Siege of Sarajevo. www.klix.ba/vijesti/regi...