Champion Humanity: podcasts from the Aegis Trust

Welcome to Episode Four of Peace at Risk in Bosnia.In the first three episodes of the podcast, released as a series in December 2021, Aegis looked at the roots, context and potential solutions for the current crisis in Bosnia, where secessionist moves by Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik threaten a return to violence almost three decades after the Dayton Peace Accords ended war and genocide in the country. In this episode, with Russia’s war on Ukraine looming in the background, Doctor Em...

Welcome to Episode Three of Peace at Risk in Bosnia, a three-part podcast by the Aegis Trust exploring the present crisis which threatens a return to violence 26 years after the Dayton Peace Accords ended war and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this third and final episode, we consider what the solutions might be; both for preventing an immediate explosion of violence, and for defusing the fear, hostility and unresolved wounds of the past which make conflict possible in the first ...

Welcome to Episode Two of Peace at Risk in Bosnia, a three-part podcast by the Aegis Trust exploring the present crisis which threatens a return to violence 26 years after the Dayton Peace Accords ended war and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this episode we find out how Bosnia’s complex constitution, formed by the Dayton Peace Accords, has become an obstacle to the country’s development. We also explore the wider geopolitical context for Bosnia’s problems being ignored or exploit...

Welcome to Episode One of Peace at Risk in Bosnia, a three-part podcast by the Aegis Trust exploring the present crisis which threatens a return to violence 26 years after the Dayton Peace Accords ended war and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina.In this episode, we learn how Bosnia faces a heightened risk of return to armed conflict following an intent expressed by Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik to break the Dayton Peace Accords by re-establishing the Army of Republika Srpska. We also lear...