Elections: Options in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is in a period when it is necessary to make decisions that will determine the future for citizens.

Great pressures come from all sides, but it is necessary to really think carefully about which way to go - civic or ethno-national.

Will there be elections and what kind of elections will there be, will citizens have elections or will ethno-national leaders bury democracy deep in the ethnocratic model?

  • Fear as an electoral strategy: How did ethnic divisions, nationalist rhetoric, and the unresolved legacy of the past shape political mobilisation and the 2026 election results?

  • Democracy between divisions and alternatives: Why did fear-driven narratives overshadow debates on EU integration, the green transition, and policies addressing citizens' needs?

Articles

GEJMIFIKACIJA DEMOKRATIJE: Da li hibridni režim zaista gubi povjerenje?

GAMIFICATION OF DEMOCRACY: Is the Hybrid Regime Truly Losing Trust?

WB6 Strategy Group meeting with Alma Zadić, Minister of Justice of Austria

Western Balkans Integration Highlighted in Post-2024 EU Election Discussions

  • Technology and electoral integrity: To what extent did biometric voter identification and optical scanners improve transparency, efficiency, and trust in the electoral process?

  • Elections beyond the polling station: Can technological innovations prevent political pressure, misuse of public resources, and other forms of interference with voters' free choice?

Articles

Bodo Weber

Bodo Weber: For the first time, Izetbegović and the SDA legitimized the third entity project with an agreement with the HDZ on Mostar

Mostar Bridge

Elections in Mostar marked by 47 – plurality dictated by democracy or deliberate fraud?

Marin Bago

Marin Bago: Mostar is a cosmopolitan city, it cannot be divided!

Zlatko Dizdarević_Mostar

Analyses: Mostar and the international community – like foreign tourists