Security sector reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A case study of the Europeanization of the Western Balkans

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Kudlenko, Anastasiia
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Security sector reform (SSR) has become an important part of the EU’s efforts to transform the Western Balkans from a conflict-ridden area into a stable and democratic part of Europe. This paper studies SSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as an illustration of the multifaceted and complex Europeanization policies employed by the EU in the region. It does not present a study of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) missions, as there is already a wealth of material available on this subject, but offers instead a broader examination of changes in two sectors of BiH’s security system with the aim of improving understanding of the EU’s impact on the domestic environments of candidate states. Its main argument is that the EU used police and intelligence reforms in Bosnia, both of which were part and parcel of the SSR efforts in the country, as state-building tools. But because domestic competence in Bosnia was lacking and the EU was rather inexperienced in implementing SSR, the reforms have had a mixed record of success and reveal the limitations of the region’s Europeanization.
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Ending Page	76
Page Count	21
Starting Page	56
ISSN	0722480X
e-ISSN	2364933X
DOI	10.1515/soeu-2017-0004
Journal	Südosteuropa
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	65
Language	English
Publisher	Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publisher Date	2017-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Südosteuropa International Relations Security Sector Ssr Sector Reform Western Balkans Policy Police Bosnia and Herzegovina Journal: Südosteuropa, Issue- 2
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science History Political Science and International Relations Economics, Econometrics and Finance Anthropology Cultural Studies