German Policies and Practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina - A Promising Future and a Lack of Initiative
German Policies and Practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina - A Promising Future and a Lack of Initiative

Author(s): Susanna Thiel
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centar za Sigurnosne Studije
Keywords: BiH; Germany; policies; practices; initiative;
Summary/Abstract: Since the beginning of the tragic Yugoslav dissolution wars from 1992 to 1995, the international community has taken new interest in the region of former Yugoslavia and its people. The big amount of foreign aid as well as the multitude of international actors and organisations bears witness to that: Lana Pasic finds that until 2005 at least 9.9 billion dollars have been sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as international humanitarian aid and reconstruction purposes, which is not taking into account the ongoing support from private donors and NGOs. In addition to that, a country profile on BiH drafted by the Michigan State University in March 2012 mentions the impressive amount of 15 billion US-Dollars of international aid being given to BiH for a vast variety of purposes since the end of the war until the beginning of 2012, such as humanitarian aid, de-mining and the improvement of Bosnian infrastructure.

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