Valery Perry

Sadly there is still often a sense that women should work on so-called "women's issues" while issues related to security, socio-economic opportunity, governmental accountability and corruption resistant politics are left to the same mostly male political actors who have failed for a generation

I wrote about this years ago in "Glass Ceilings and Constitutional Barriers: Challenges to Effective Political Participation by Women and Others in Bosnia and Herzegovina"
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British Embassy Sarajevo to present report on gender dimension of the Dayton Peace Agreement SARAJEVO, December 1 (FENA) – The British Embassy in Sarajevo is organizing the conference “From Analysis to Action: Gender Dimensions of the Dayton Peace Agreement,” where a report examining how the ...

I will be curious to see what this report says, as the constitution that was included in Annex 4 of the Dayton Peace Agreement will never, ever be good for women because it is inherently a reactionary and regressive structure www.fena.ba/article/1654...

How to end wars: learning from peace agreements of the past In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 11/25/25, we reflect on lessons learned about war and conflict on the 30th anniversary of the Bosnian peace agreement.

Evan Dawson @wxxirochester.bsky.social & I covered a lot of ground: 30 years of the Dayton Agreement; the deals proposed for Ukraine; & shifting tides as geopolitical transactionalists aim to displace the notion of comprehensive security grounded in human rights www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...

Good perspective on Dayton 30 years later....... if you are interested in a lighter look on Dayton TWENTY years after the war, check out Looking for Dayton: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ_Q...

...so many talks and retrospectives on Nov 21 marking 30 years after the Dayton Agreement, but a packed multi-generational crowd for legendary Belgrade band Partibrejkers at Sloga in Sarajevo showed the real energy and spirit of great music in a great city

YouTube video by Valery Perry Looking for Dayton

As today marks the 30-year anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement, it's a good time to watch the film I did on the *20-year anniversary*, when a group of us tried to bring a human perspective to the peace agreement and what it meant then and now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ_Q...

This is an excellent piece in a week when so many people are talking about Dayton 30 years on..... and often ignoring the role that "the west" has played in reinforcing the dysfunctional political economy enabled precisely by the Dayton structure

Policy Note - Critical Preventative Measures: Maintaining Bosnia’s Sovereignty, Peace, and Security — Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes Policy Note: Critical Preventative Measures: Maintaining Bosnia’s Sovereignty, Peace, and Security. On 16 Oct 2025, the Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes published a policy briefing on the critical ...

The Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes published a brief today on threats facing Bosnia and Herzegovina & steps the UK Govt can take to reaffirm the rule of law & human rights, and enable the country to make progress that would benefit its citizens www.atrocitystandinggroup.org/news/special...

In my remarks (available above), I emphasized that the best way to protect against hybrid threats is through comprehensive security, grounded not just in defense, but in accountable governance, human rights, & the values that have been at the core of the transatlantic relationship for decades.

YouTube video by NATO Defense College Foundation BALKANS AND BLACK SEA PERSPECTIVES 2025

I was honored to be on a panel at the NATO Defense College Foundation Conference, “Building bridges: diffusing hybrid threats for regional stability” in Rome yesterday - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtt5...

If you're in or near Sarajevo be sure to stop by tonight for this show- great new talent---

Meet the New ICE Recruits

So what happens to these newly employed (mostly) men enjoying well paying jobs if & when the country decides that it does not want a huge federal domestic paramilitary force? Will they be disposed of as easily as lab researchers & educators? www.nytimes.com2025/09/08/us/pol...

Should AI Get Legal Rights? Model welfare is an emerging field of research that seeks to determine whether AI is conscious and, if so, how humanity should respond.

Even more importantly, there needs to be a policy on taxing robots / AI labor.... then if they decide to unionize, well, great...

www.wired.com/story/model-...

Bills vs. Ravens | INSANE COMEBACK By Buffalo | Full Game Highlights Week 1 The Buffalo Bills comeback from down 40-25 with 5 minutes remaining to stun the Baltimore Ravens 41-40 on a Matt Prater walk-off field goal.

Just saying that this explains my tendency to support the underdog: www.buffalobills.com/video/bills-...

Why is democracy backsliding around the world? In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on September 3, 2025, Valery Perry, Ph.D., senior associate for the Democratization Policy Council, joins us.

..and on YouTube at www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...

Why is democracy backsliding around the world? Podcast Episode · Connections Podcast · 09/03/2025 · 51m

Great chat with Evan Dawson today…. on how independent institutions & civil service are key to good governance, threats posed by the shadow docket & Trump's selective retribution, & future repairs to the US after this hacking of checks, balances & guardrails podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Opinion | Disney Is the Happiest Place on Earth, if You Can Afford It

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

"For most of the park’s history, Disney was priced to welcome people across the income spectrum, embracing the motto “Everyone is a V.I.P.” In doing so, it created a shared American culture by providing the same experience to every guest."

Well those days are over, Mickey.......

Imagine the reaction by POTUS if USAID got it….

As we wait to see what will unfold in Alaska today, beware of Sharpie geopolitics in a world that requires complexity… I explore this idea more in the latest DPC blog:

www.democratizationpolicy.org/sharpie-geop...

Građanski aktivizam Petera Lippmana: udruživanje i otpor Američki novinar i aktivist Peter Lipmann ima duboko znanje o Bosni i Hercegovini. Godinama prati političku i poslijeratnu situaciju u ovoj zemlji. U posljednje vrijeme posebno ga zanimaju ekološki po...

Very glad to see that Peter Lippman's work is getting attention among Italian audiences too - read a recent interview here: www.balcanicaucaso.org/bhs/zone/Bos...

Excellent live music?At the Ex-Yu Rock Centar tonight! Including some EKV:

What better way to start the week than with some live music!

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Kids Pitch: "Bulbo and the Strange Villain" - Part 1

from the mouths of babes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nDm...

Another reason to check out the EYRC when in Sarajevo - an amazing collection of original artifacts---

Here's an original concert poster and ticket from Dino Dvornik's concert at Dom mladih in Sarajevo on 13 March 1991. The concert was part of the 1990-1991 tour promoting the album "Kreativni Nered" which was released in 1990 on Jugoton.

I picked up this flyer at the Museum of Yugoslavia in Belgrade in May. "The struggle for the University autonomy is becoming increasingly fierce." From a speech by Veljko Vlahovic, 1936. Important thinking at a time when unis are under increasing pressure, everywhere.

YouTube video by Patagonia Blue Heart Full Film | The Fight for Europe’s Last Wild Rivers | Patagonia

A reminder of this informative film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhmH...

Grassroots Resistance to Environmental Destruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Part VI: Two, Three, Many Rivers: The Open Veins of Central Bosnia - Lefteast Editors’ note: This article is the last of a six-part series. You can read the entire series here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. It seems that at every place in Bosnia-Herzegovina where ...

The final part of Peter Lippman's six part series on environmental threats and civic activism in Bosnia & Herzegovina is up… It explores the issue through a number of rivers that are being destroyed, a huge loss in a country that has some of Europe's last wild rivers: lefteast.org/grassroots-r...