Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is embattled by legal proceedings at home, by gradual and growing international isolation and by pressure piling up. As a veteran of Bosnian politics, Dodik is not one to be written off easily, but it is also clear that the jockeying for his position has been underway for some time. In August, Dodik was stripped of his position as president of the Bosnian Serb entity, Republika Srpska, but remains leader of his Independent Social Democrats SNSD party. Bosnia’s Central Election Commission has meanwhile scheduled elections for the post of Republika Srpska president for 23 November this year. If these elections proceed as scheduled, a new person will soon hold the top political office in this entity.