T K Vogel — research & analysis

The international community has put a strong personality at the helm in Bosnia after a failed experiment in laissez-faire leadership.

In the past, Bosnians and Bosnia-watchers would carefully vet an incoming high representative for signs that he might depart from his predecessor’s policies or take dramatic steps in implementing the mandate of his office, the OHR. No such scrutiny awaits Miroslav Lajcak, a top diplomat in the Slovak Foreign Ministry, when he takes over from Christian Schwarz-Schilling of Germany in late June. Instead, there’s a widespread feeling that things can only get better and a suspicion that it might not matter anyway.

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