


The Muslim community, meanwhile, has turned toward Turkey, which has extended its influence into the country.

But with the European Union preoccupied on Brexit and the U.S.-led NATO alliance shifting its focus elsewhere, the Republic of Srpska is hoping Moscow will step in to help it break away. Simmering ethnic tensions have been controlled by a carrot, which came in the form of a possible invitation to the European Union, and the stick of U.S. The country is divided into two primary political entities: The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a federation of the country’s Muslims and Croats, and the Republic of Srpska, a Bosnian Serb mini-state. Since war tore the Balkans apart in the 1990s, Bosnia-Herzegovina has lived under an uneasy peace. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, fears are growing that the carefully constructed peace is starting to unravel He suggests that the federal government assemble a group of deputy ministers and high-level security officials to analyse the extent of the threat, if any, that Huawei presents. The former assistant director of Canada’s spy agency, Andy Ellis, said he was alarmed at the vast network of relationships that Huawei has with universities in Canada. Huawei has committed around $50-million in funding to 13 Canadian universities to achieve that end. A Globe investigation revealed last week how the company has established relationships with leading research-heavy universities in Canada to create a steady pipeline of intellectual property that the telecom giant is using to underpin its market position in 5G technology. Intelligence analysts are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ascertain the security threat and economic costs imposed by giving intellectual property developed in Canada to Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecom powerhouse.

Trudeau urged to probe Chinese telecom giant Huawei’s role in Canada
