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On the Eve of Bosnia's Grand Mufti Election: Western Capitals and Gulf Capitals Compete on the Same Stage for Leadership of European Muslims

Bosnia is about to elect a new Grand Mufti, with three candidates vying for this unique European Islamic religious leadership position. A German scholar points out that Washington, Berlin, and Brussels — like Ankara and Riyadh — are all trying to influence this religious leader according to their own interests.

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Power & Politics
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Paying for the Sanctioned Dodik: Trump Aides Taking Payments from Republika Srpska Draws Republican Internal Criticism

According to The New York Times, Trump's core campaign aides James Blair and Chris LaCivita were employed by the government of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina through a Washington law firm, each receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments. The incident exposes the profit-driven logic of the American political broker system, which treats the lifting of sanctions as a political bargaining chip and sells political access to authoritarian figures—and it comes as Dodik traveled

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Policy & Governance
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War Criminal State Funeral Tears Open the 'Stability Anchor' Illusion: EU's Double Standards in Appeasing Serbia for Over a Decade

Ratko Mladić, convicted of genocide by a UN tribunal, was buried this week in Belgrade with military honors, prompting rare collective condemnation from EU leaders. Yet for over a decade, the EU has treated Vučić as an 'indispensable stability anchor' while largely turning a blind eye to Serbia's democratic backsliding and refusal to sanction Russia. When the heroic-style funeral tears open this facade, the double standards under the 'stability first' logic are fully exposed.

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