Wolfgang Petritsch

Wolfgang Petritsch, former High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999-2002), presently Ambassador of Austria at the Organization for Cooperation and Development (OCDE) in Paris.

Sarajevo 25 years after: paradigm for the future

The dynamic and sometimes dramatic interplay between the essence and the fate of a city provides the key for a wholesome national reintegration process.

By Christophe Solioz and Wolfgang Petritsch

/ 24 Mar 2017

The undeluded going astray in Bosnia

The process of integration into the European Union, which has been stagnant for a decade now, has exposed the sad reality of a total lack of political will on the part of Europe. Let’s be more specific. In Italian. In French.

By Christophe Solioz and Wolfgang Petritsch

/ 26 Feb 2014

Bosnia: what course after the storm?

Between the advocates of interventionism, who think that only action from the international community can prevent Bosnia’s implosion, and those who, on the contrary, deem Bosnians to be the only ones who should be responsible for their future, we are convinced of the necessity of a middle path: on

By Christophe Solioz and Wolfgang Petritsch

/ 28 May 2011