From Weakness to Strength: The Political Roots of Security Sector Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis-Alexandre Berg
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
The Political ◽  
Security Sector Reform ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Sector Reform

scholarly journals The role of NATO in the demilitarization of Kosovo Liberation Army and in establishment of Kosovo Protection Corps and Kosovo Security Force

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Dr.Sc. Bejtush Gashi ◽  
Dr.Sc. Dario Molnar
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Security Sector Reform ◽  
Organizational Mission ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
New Situation

Kosovo Liberation Army was demilitarized and demobilized pursuant to Rambouillet accord articles and 1244 Resolution, under the control of military component of the international administration in Kosovo – Kosovo Forces (NATO). Establishment of Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) followed this process, with the civil emergency organizational mission, which operated until the adoption of constitution of Republic of Kosovo, promulgated on June 15, 2008. The constitution foresaw KPC disbandment and creation of a new security formation in Kosovo – Kosovo Security Forces (KSF). The decree of USA president, Xhorxh W. Bush, dated 19.03.2008 indicates the political importance of KSF creation in promotion of Kosovo’s independence.The Security Sector reform will keep its special focus in periodical review programming of KSF positional development in adaptation to new situation in security environment, reflecting concrete examples through new events, missions, tasks and roles for KSF units, always compliant with the concrete needs of the country and with the Euro-Atlantic collective protection structure standards. 

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

Südosteuropa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Kudlenko
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
European Security ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Security Sector Reform ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Domestic Environments ◽  
Two Sectors ◽  
The Eu

AbstractSecurity 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.

NATO Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina: The pursuit o F local ownership in externally-led state building

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (71) ◽  
pp. 71-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sead Turčalo ◽  
Damir Kapidžić
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
State Building ◽  
Security Sector Reform ◽  
Local Ownership ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Liberal Peace ◽  
Party Elites ◽  
Technical Issues

Abstract The NATO integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is closely tied to a strong surge in externally led state building following the conflict of the 1990s Informed by the ideals of liberal peace, one of the key components of state building was security sector reform and a restructuring of the armed forces. A shifting approach by the international community, varying between imposing decisions and insisting on local ownership, managed to establish the joint BiH Armed Forces, but allowed for the appropriation of the NATO integration process by local ethnic party elites. As a result, NATO integration in BiH regressed into an exercise in institutional reform, pursued in disarray and primarily addressing technical issues. Even if successfully brought to fruition, NATO integration will have failed to achieve the objectives of fostering substantive peace in BiH.

scholarly journals Bringing the economy back in: The political economy of security sector reform

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guro Lien
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
State Capacity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Security Sector Reform ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Exclusive Focus

The mechanisms underlying the relation between development and security are difficult to define and poorly understood. This has not hindered various donor countries, NGOs, or international organizations from designing and implementing Security Sector Reform (SSR) initiatives with the presumption that increasing security, usually by strengthening state capacity, will lead to increased socioeconomic development. However, in many postwar settings, low state capacity is seen as a desired outcome. The argument in this article is that an exclusive focus on formal state structures in SSR efforts makes several assumption that reduce the possibility of success. There is no "one size fits all" approach to statebuilding, and designing SSR activities without taking into account the premises of the local economic structures may only lead to short-term regime security.

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