這段複雜的歷史還在了解中
Rule number one of border changes in the Western Balkans
is that they are always about Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As the
presidents of Kosovo and Serbia, Hashim Thaci and Aleksandar Vucic, are seeking
the support of the EU for a "land swap" between their respective
countries, one should keep in mind that talk of partition - because this is what it really is – of Kosovo is not about Kosovo, but about Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
It is somewhat
ironic that Thaci and Vucic have openly broached the issue of border changes
between Kosovo and Serbia on
the anniversary of another attempt to carve out Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In August 1939, the prime minister of the Kingdom of
Yugoslavia, Dragisa Cvetkovic, and leading Croat politician Vladko Macek reached a deal whereby Bosnia and Herzegovina ceased to exist as a
distinct political and administrative entity,
with the autonomous region of Croatia annexing
roughly one-third of it and the Serbian region keeping the rest. The deal is known as the Cvetkovic-Macek agreement.
