Towards A Shared Future: Evaluating the Process and Structure of Europeanization and Conditionality as EU Accession Tools for Bosnia-Herzegovina
Towards A Shared Future: Evaluating the Process and Structure of Europeanization and Conditionality as EU Accession Tools for Bosnia-Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: Since the Dayton Peace Agreement, the EU’s engagement with Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Balkans in general has gone through sporadic periods of intensifying cooperation and uncertain disillusion. However, considering the recent geopolitical rivalry between the West and Russia and China in the region, the EU now has a vested interest in strengthening its accession framework. Hence, this article seeks to trace the trajectory of Europeanization and conditionality as EU accession tools for Bosnia-Herzegovina in order to evaluate the modern relationship between the two entities, the remaining reform challenges and thus the possibility of future accession talks. The article analyses the European Commission’s most recent key priorities for Bosnia-Herzegovina by outlining the meaning of Europeanization and conditionality and the formal onship between the EU and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Finally, the article weighs the likelihood of EU-complying reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina against the likelihood of the country moving closer to the EU in the future.

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