Topic believes that overcoming the stalemate will require a firm engagement by the international community, which must somehow find a course between the approaches of two former High Representatives: Paddy Ashdown, who readily used his Bonn Powers to sack public officials and impose the changes he sought, and Christian Schwarz-Schilling, who left local politicians to resolve disputes on their own, without much success.
Topićeva smatra da će prevazilaženje tog ćorsokaka zahtevati čvrsto angažovanje međunarodne zajednice, koja nekako mora da pronađe put između pristupa dva bivša visoka predstavnika: Pedija Ešdauna, koji je rado koristio svoja "Bonska ovlašćenja" za smenjivanje javnih funkcionera i nametanje željenih promena i Kristijana Švarca-Šilinga, koji je prepustio političarima da sami rešavaju svoje sporove, bez mnogo uspeha.