GLOBALIZACIJA TERORIZMA I OPASNOSTI PO BOSNU I HERCEGOVINU
GLOBALIZATION OF TERRORISM AND DANGER BY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Vlado Azinović
Subject(s): Politics, Security and defense, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: terrorism; foreign fighters; Syria; ISIL; BiH;
Summary/Abstract: This chapter looks into the key trends and patterns in globalization of terrorism and how they may affect Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and the Western Balkans. The most obvious link to such developments over the last few years (2012-2016) was the foreign fighter phenomenon, namely departures of Bosnians to the civil war in Syria, and later Iraq. The returning war veterans, those who failed to join them and have instead stayed at home, as well as the ideology that they had all been radicalized and recruited on, must be considered as key elements in any terrorist threat assessment in BiH. While departures from BiH to Syria and Iraq have gradually ceased and eventually stopped in 2016, the underlying ideological narrative that had motivated dozens of foreign fighters is still very visible and viable in BiH. On the other hand, Bosnian society seems passive and reluctant to respond to challenges posed by this radical ideology. Dysfunctional state, and its failing society could therefore conduce terrorism, leaving law enforcement agencies and judiciary as its last line of defense.

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