Luka Bulatović

The author is a Montenegrin student, pursuing an International Affairs degree at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He is currently researching the area of ethnic engineering in Montenegro and its political implications.

Bosnia and the Dayton (Dis)agreement: 25 Years Later

The Dayton Peace Agreement, which stopped a bloody three-way civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995) between Muslim Bosniaks, Catholic Croats and Orthodox Serbs,...

Montenegro’s Elections: Great Serbia, Third Time the Charm?

After the Aug. 30 elections, Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) lost power for the first time since 1991. The new government, satirically called “apostolic”...

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