Bosnia and Herzegovina: Political Order and International Engagement
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Political Order and International Engagement
Author(s): Johannes HaindlSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Südosteuropa Gesellschaft e.V.
Keywords: the Office of the High Representative (OHR); EU Commission; Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA); Eu membership; The process of accession of the countries of the Western Balkans; European stability
Summary/Abstract: The Dayton Agreement has proven successful: The Dayton agenda, which was designed to end a war and implement a peace accord, has been accomplished: there is no more violence in the country. However, to proceed down the road towards Brussels, the Bosnian politicians must assume full ownership of this process. The "do-it-yourself" principle applies above all to a possible constitutional reform. With regard to the future of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the international community must steer a viable middle course which promotes both greater ownership and greater stability and which should allow, at a later stage, the transfer of the remaining responsibilities to an EU Special Representative.
Journal: Südosteuropa Mitteilungen
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 04-05
- Page Range: 78-81
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
