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Kurt Bassuener on Bosnia and the Balkans: The ongoing Issues

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About this Event

13 Sep 2010 @ 12:45

About the Speaker:

Kurt Bassuener is an independent policy analyst in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He co-authored with Amb. Jeremy Kinsman the Diplomats’ Handbook for Democracy Development Support, a project of the Community of Democracies, published in Summer 2008 (at www.diplomatshandbook.org). In his role as the project’s Research Director, he authored, co-authored, or oversaw the research and writing of the Handbook’s case studies.  He is currently preparing or supervising case studies on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, and Nepal, as well as updating the first edition case studies.

About the Speech:

Kurt Bassuener's talk outlined that at the end of the Paddy Ashdown era a number of assumptions existed about the future direction of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  It was believed that the state-building phase had succeeded, with only a few ‘left-overs’ - such as the organisation of policing – and that the international community could pull back.    It was accepted that the EU accession process could now go ahead.

These assumptions proved to be unfounded. The 2006 election results, combined with the failure to establish a new constitutention, led to a situation of political instability. At the same time, the departure of Ashdown with a change in focus of successive High Representatives towards meeting EU accession conditions changed the nature of EU involvement in the region. A shift from peace-keeping to general enlargement policies ensued. This talk explores the changing role of the EU in the region over the past four years, and the need for a re-appraisal of the EU agenda.
 

 

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