Marko Attila Hoare
Marko Attila Hoare is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology. He is the author of four published books on the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the forthcoming “Serbia: A Modern History.”
Latest from Marko Attila Hoare
How Liberal Historians Imagined a Different Path for the Balkans
A group of dissident historians once offered a remedy to the nationalist populism resurgent today: a pluralism that respects the legitimacy of multiple political currents and the rights of minorities at home, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of neighboring states abroad.
‘Ancient Ethnic Hatreds’ Is Poor Shorthand and Dangerous
Balkanist thinking encourages Western policymakers to view conflicts in eastern and southeastern Europe in terms of “warring tribes,” “rival nationalisms” or “ancient ethnic hatreds” that need to be managed, balanced and neutralized. By projecting such negative stereotypes onto these lands and their peoples, it encourages the very conflicts Western policymakers are supposed to be resolving.