A New Phase of the Bosnian Crisis: Continuation of War Strategies Cover Image

Nova faza bosanske krize: nastavak ratnih strategija
A New Phase of the Bosnian Crisis: Continuation of War Strategies

Author(s): Nedžad Bašić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: nationalism; ideology; religion; history; selfdetermination of peoples; secession; Serbia; Croatia; Islam; Orthodox Christianity; Catholicism; Bosnian Muslims; integration

Summary/Abstract: The issue of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, apart from the moral aspect (mass execution of population and ethnic cleansing), which has certainly shocked the International Community the most, had an enormous political charge in its background, which was not exclusively created by the internal participants of the Balkan conflict. Relations between the EU and the USA, relations between the EU member states themselves, as well as relations between the West and Islam, have had a strong impact on the war and post-war events in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The effect of those interests is being felt even in the post-war period and it strongly influences events in the Balkans, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The issue of the final resolution of the Bosnian crisis, which also generates the Balkan crisis, is in essence, linked to the resolution of relations between the three centers of gravity, which directly influence events in this region. This text highlights the importance of external influence on events in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which demonstrates the inability of a definite solution for the historicallyconditioned conflicts in the Balkan region, without making Bosnia and Herzegovina a part of European integration processes. With the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to European integration processes, the Balkan security complex will be fundamentally changed, which will also significantly change the influence and importance of external factors on internal processes in the Balkans, including Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Issue Year: XLIX/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 179-208
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Bosnian