The international determinants of the Bosnian War

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https://doi.org/10.36311/2237-7743.2016.v5n3.07.p593

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This paper analyzes the international determinants that led to and triggered the Bosnian War in the 1990s. An overview of the Socialist Yugoslavia and its international stance up to its dismemberment is presented at first, focusing on the integration of the country in the international system (and its impact on Yugoslavia) and on its international economic status. Then, the onset of the war and the actions of the Great Powers — United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Russia — are analyzed, looking at the undermining of the Yugoslav state's sovereignty and the empowerment of domestic actors through external support to belligerent groups. It is seen that after Yugoslavia's economic destabilization, foreign interference propelled the start of the war by making the belligerent groups in Bosnia confident because of their foreign support. Geopolitical interests were a determinant of the Bosnian War, which was characterized as an intractable ethnic conflict to hide political agendas at play.

Keywords: Bosnian War; Yugoslavia; Post-Cold War geopolitics; Dismemberment of Yugoslavia;  Great power politics; Ethnic conflict.

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  • Bruno Gomes Guimarães, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Estratégicos Internacionais da UFRGS/PhD Candidate

    PhD candidate in International Strategic Studies at UFRGS. Master of Arts in International Relations degree awarded by the Potsdam University, Humboldt University of Berlin, and the Free University of Berlin (joint program). Bachelor's degree in International Relations at UFRGS.

    Research focus on the UN System and global governance, geopolitics, international security, regionalism and international institutions. Regional focus on South America. 

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2017-01-05

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The international determinants of the Bosnian War. Brazilian Journal of International Relations, Marília, SP, v. 5, n. 3, p. 593–619, 2017. DOI: 10.36311/2237-7743.2016.v5n3.07.p593. Disponível em: https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjir/article/view/5068.. Acesso em: 4 out. 2024.