Politics

The man everyone hated in Bosnia was never the real problem [ANALYSIS]

Stuart Dowell
 13.05.2026, 18:16
Christian Schmidt became the human face of Bosnia’s collapsing postwar order and Europe’s growing geopolitical dilemma today. (Samir Jordamovic/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Christian Schmidt became the human face of Bosnia’s collapsing postwar order and Europe’s growing geopolitical dilemma today. (Samir Jordamovic/Anadolu via Getty Images)

For thirty years Europe outsourced the hard edge of Bosnia policy to Washington.