Case Study: Milorad Dodik’s campaign targeting the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The GEO-POWER-EU project has published a case study on “Milorad Dodik’s campaign targeting the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
Drawing on desk research and expert interviews, the case study demonstrates that disinformation is primarily domestically produced and politically instrumentalised. Pro-Kremlin narratives, sovereigntist rhetoric, and claims of foreign interference are selectively combined to legitimise authoritarian governance within Republika Srpska, shield corruption from scrutiny, and mobilise ethnonationalist support, while Russia is framed as a strategic protector of the entity’s autonomy.
The findings highlight how sustained anti-EU messaging originating from Republika Srpska exploits governance vulnerabilities at the state level and benefits from limited international pushback. The case study concludes that more coherent EU responses, linking strategic communication, media oversight, and political conditionality, are necessary to counter disinformation campaigns that erode institutional cohesion and democratic resilience in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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