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This article chronicles the history of Bosnia-Herzegovina since the Dayton Peace Accords (DPA) in December 1995. Using speeches by Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the British Liberal Democratic Party, as an archive, the article reviews Bosnia's progress, including steps towards European community membership. Ashdown's speeches are reviewed just as he prepares to step down from the position of High Representative in January 2006. It is argued that the DPA is flawed in the following ways: the DPA featured negotiations between perpetrators & victims; ethnic cleansing was rewarded by dividing Bosnia into ethnoterritorial entities with state-like administrative powers; Yugoslav & Western legal principles were mixed; Bosnia-Herzegovina's constitutions never received democratic legitimation; & an unwieldy bureaucracy was created. Despite these shortcomings, there are the following signs of hope: Bosnia is now internationally recognized as an independent state; Bosnia's nationalist parties are transforming themselves into modern European parties of the right; Bosnia's demography is changing; Bosnia's neighbors have begun the accession process to the European Union; the process of reconciliation is ongoing; research suggests Bosnians think similarly on issues such as the economy; &, finally, the European Union's Copenhagen criteria can be a positive driver for economic restructuring. R. Prince

This paper considers the film Behind Enemy Lines, made before 11th September 2001 but rush released soon after, as a cultural & commercial product which provides insights into American geopolitical culture. It argues that the movie's storyline is an articulation of a Jacksonian tradition in American geopolitical culture involving a drama of remasculinization. It also argues that the film is a mythic rendition of morally ambiguous American military engagement with the Bosnian war. Finally, it examines the film as an expression of the structure of feeling of post-9/11 American militarism. That structure of feeling is characterized by impatience with the pragmatics of multilateral diplomacy, & strong desire for the pleasures of the unilateral action & morally righteous violence. 1 Table. Adapted from the source document.