From Frozen to Latent Conflicts. Is a New EU Paradigm for Bosnia and Herzegovina Urgent?

  1. Kučukalić, Esma 1
  1. 1 Universidad Europea de Valencia
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    Universidad Europea de Valencia

    Valencia, España

Revista:
Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

ISSN: 1731-7517

Año de publicación: 2022

Páginas: 105-124

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.14746/SSP.2022.3.5 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

Resumen

Three decades have passed since the beginning of the war, which ravaged Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and the state finds itself once again in the quagmire of partitioning. In terms of high diplomacy, it is described as the worst crisis since the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement (1995), which still needs to be consoli-dated and fully legitimised. The international document that stopped the bloodshed and, at the same time, plunged the state into a tortuous citizenship abyss made of political contradictions, together with an institutional framework instrumentalised as a fertile ground for stabilitocracy and geostrategic influence games. The war in Ukraine has revived the international community’s interest in BiH, forcing it to take firmer stances. This article aims to analyse the recent events in BiH and the Euro-pean Union (EU)’s strategy in light of its complex relationship based on coherence and inconsistency and the idea of security. The research questions whether the EU will take advantage of the lessons learned in the bloody nineties to resolve frozen conflicts. Answers are provided through an argumentative research design compris-ing a qualitative analysis of the institutional structure of BiH and the review of the interrelationships between the state and the triggers of local, regional and interna-tional instability with a special focus on the EU. The Ukraine scenario shows how quickly frozen conflicts start burning.

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Información de financiación

The article was written as part of a project co-founded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union “Jean Monnet Center of Excellence EU EX/ACT-EU External Actions in the contested global order – (in)coherence, (dis)continuity, resilience” (ref. 599622-EPP-1-2018-1-PL-EPPJMO-CoE). DISCLAIMER: The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Financiadores

  • Jean Monnet Center of Excellence EU EX/ACT-EU External Actions in the contested global order – (in)coherence, (dis)continuity, resilience European Union
    • 599622-EPP-1-2018-1-PL-EPPJMO-CoE

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