Can Serbia now deliver Mladic to The Hague?

Radovan Karadzic's arrest is testament to Boris Tadic's office, but progress towards EU accession depends on delivering more Ian Bancroft The arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, announced last night by the office of the Serbian president, Boris Tadic, is a significant development for Serbia and the wider region. While the exact time and location of Karadzic's apprehension remains unknown, the involvement of the Serbian security services demonstrates both the patronage and influence of Tadic's pro-EU coalition, and Serbia's continuing transition towards civilian control over the state's security infrastructure. It is, however, the capture of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander also indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity, that will provide the severest test of the... [read full story]