Bosnian Serb Leader Defies US, Pursues Breakaway State Despite Risk of New Conflict
• Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik threatens to tear Bosnia apart and weaken shared institutions, despite US warnings • Dodik claims Serb national interests justify his actions to abandon shared Bosnia institutions and push for independence • Dodik appears undeterred by US threat of force, believes Russia supports him • Aims to turn boundary between Bosnia's entities into a national border for Republika Srpska • Bosnia war in 1990s divided country into Serb and Bosniak-Croat entities with some shared institutions, Dodik wants to dismantle