Bosnia's Trump-aligned kingmaker wins big despite electoral ban

Nationalists came out on top in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)’s October 4 election. Allies of Milorad Dodik, the de facto leader of the country’s Bosnian Serb entity, won decisively in Republika Srpska despite Dodik himself being barred from office, while nationalist Bosniak and Croat parties dominated in the country’s other political entity, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.This election offered no real sign of change in a Balkan country long constrained by weak institutions, corruption, and deeply divided ethnic groups. Although BiH’s complex demographics and history necessitate some