DINAMIKA SAVREMENOG TRANSATLANTIZMA I REFLEKSIJE NA STAGNACIJU REFORMSKOG PROCESA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
DYNAMICS OF CONTEMPORARY TRANSATLANTICISM AND REFLECTIONS ON THE STAGNATION OF THE REFORM PROCESS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: Transatlanticism has been a pillar of American foreign policy for decades. This paper discusses the question of how Washington should approach the next phase of its partnership with Europe? The question that emerged – one that was not easily apparent at the outset of our research – is as follows: unlike in Europe, as part of a transatlantic world where change of government does not necessarily lead to radical policy change, has a change of government in the US lead to a paradigm shift, and are we witnessing that paradigm shift?In the focus is the assumption of the EU institutions: that the continuous reduction of international supervision and the appeal of European integration could convince political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina to continue the necessary reforms. However, as local actors wait for transatlantic partners to complete their work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, hoping, on the one hand, for a new initiative on constitutional reform, and on the other, for the abolition of the Office of the High Representative and greater autonomy, it is becoming increasingly clear that the EU institutions have no appetite to push for major changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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