This book is the first to provide a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the foreign policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a post-conflict country with an active agency in international affairs. Bridging academic and policy debates, the book summarizes and further examines the first twenty-five years of BiH's foreign policy following the country's independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. Topics covered include conflict and post-conflict periods, Euro-Atlantic integration, political affairs on both local and regional levels, integration with a variety of international organizations and actors, neighboring states, bilateral relations with relevant other states including the United States, Russia, selected EU countries, and Turkey, as well as BiH's diaspora. The book highlights that despite their apparent weakness, post-conflict states have agency to carry out foreign policy goals and engage with the international sphere, including in geopolitics, and thus provides a novel insight into weakstates and their role in international politics.

Jasmin Hasic is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies, International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dzeneta Karabegovic is a researcher at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

Autorentext

Jasmin Hasi is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies, International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Deneta Karabegovi is Researcher at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

Inhalt

1Chapter 1 Structure, Frameworks, Processes, Institutions and Actors of BiH Foreign Policy since Independence by Jasmin Hasi and Deneta Karabegovi

2Chapter 2 BiH's Wartime Foreign Policy: Lobbying for Peace and Lifting the Arms Embargo by Anida Sokol

3Chapter 3 BiH's Engagement in Multilateral Fora: Key Foreign Policy Positions within International Organizations by Nedma Dananovi

4Chapter 4 Euro-Atlantic Integrations of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Shifting Gears and Reinterpreting Motives in Foreign Affairs by Dario epo

5Chapter 5 Foreign Economic Policy and Trade Relations of BiH by Afan Kalamuji

6Chapter 6 BiH's Foreign Policy Orientation Towards International Judicial Institutions by Caterina Bonora

7Chapter 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina's Contributions to International Military-Security-Peace Operations by Tanya Domi and Davor Petri 8Chapter 8 A Strategic Review of BiH's Bilateral Relations with the Major Powers by Jasmin Mujanovi

9Chapter 9 BiH's Foreign Policy towards Neighboring Countries: Patterns of Reinterpretation and Redefinition by Petar Markovi and Mate Subai

10Chapter 10 'Protection and Promotion of BiH's Citizens' Interests Abroad': Foreign Policy Relations with Diaspora by Deneta Karabegovi and Jasmin Hasi

11Chapter 11 BiH Foreign Policy Governance: Evolutive Practices and Contested Discourses by Neven Andjeli