Bosnia's "Historic" Elections: The Usual Tensions, Plus a Seed of Hope.

The article focuses on issues concerning the general elections that took place in Bosnia and Hercegovina on October 1, 2006. The international community's Office of the High Representative, which has governed Bosnia as a semi-protectorate, is scheduled to withdraw in 2007. Bosnia's new leaders would, for the first time, exercise complete sovereignty over their state and guide the country toward membership in the European Union.