Mladic's death, Bosnia and Serbia's unfinished reckoning

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The death of Ratko Mladic has reopened unresolved issues in Bosnia and Serbia, demonstrating that the ideological divisions which fueled past conflicts persist despite the Dayton Peace Agreement. The legacy of the war and its effects remain contentious and unhealed in the region.

The death of Ratko Mladic did not close a dark chapter of European history; it reopened old wounds. The ideology that created him lives on. The Dayton Peace Agreement ended the war, not the divisions that produced it.

World Security Conflict Politics Ratko Mladic Bosnia Serbia Dayton Peace Agreement war legacy ethnic conflict Balkans

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