Elmira Bayrasli for N1: Trump did a disservice to Bosnia, taking Dodik of blacklist was dangerous

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27. nov. 2025. 14:11

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Thirty years after the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina is once again facing serious diplomatic challenges. In an exclusive interview for N1, foreign policy analyst Elmira Bayrasli, a longtime associate of Madeleine Albright and Richard Holbrooke and a former member of the OSCE mission in Bosnia, explains why she views the removal of Milorad Dodik from the U.S. sanctions list as “a blow to Bosnia,” and what Donald Trump’s return means for the future of the Balkans.

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Speaking with Esmir Milavic, Bayrasli describes a growing “wall of silence” in Washington and the effective lobbying that helped secure the rollback of sanctions against RS leadership. She draws a sharp comparison between the principled diplomacy of the 1990s and today’s era of “transactional foreign policy,” offering rare insight into a shifting geopolitical landscape.