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10 December 2010

NATO's relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina - part I : Building peace (Dec 2010)

"Building peace" tells of NATO's gradual engagement in support of United Nations' efforts to end the Bosnian War (1992-1995) and the deployment of its first peacekeeping force in December 1995. NATO's mission continued for nine years until responsibility for security was handed over to the European Union in December 2004.

10 December 2010

NATO's relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina - Part II : Reforming the military (Dec 2010)

"Reforming the military" shows how NATO's support for essential defence reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina has helped downsize the armed forces and turn them into a single military force under state-level control. Progress made allowed the country to join NATO's Partnership for Peace in 2006.

10 December 2010

NATO's relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina - part III : The road to integration (Dec 2010)

"The road to integration" highlights the country's deepening partnership with NATO and provides an insight into the challenges ahead on the road to the country's possible membership of the Alliance.

26 August 2008

Karadzic: from Sarajevo to the Hague (Aug 2008)

NATO Review analyses why Karadzic was arrested, the impact on Bosnia and how his trial could affect the country's future.

26 August 2008

Bosnia: a new model army? (Aug 2008)

Some of the key actors who took on the daunting task of remodelling Bosnia's post war armed forces reveal how they managed to create today's joint, mixed force.

26 August 2008

Karadzic: from Sarajevo to the Hague

NATO Review analyses why Karadzic was arrested, the impact on Bosnia and how his trial could affect the country's future.

26 August 2008

Bosnia: a new model army?

Some of the key actors who took on the daunting task of remodelling Bosnia's post war armed forces reveal how they managed to create today's joint, mixed force.

25 August 2008

Bosnia police reform: mission incomplete or mission impossible?

Reforming Bosnia and Herzegovina's police force has taken longer than expected - and not gone as far as hoped.

25 August 2008

Interview: Paddy Ashdown

Paddy Ashdown outlines the work that he feels still needs to be done in the Balkans - and how best to do it.

1 September 2004

Søren Jessen-Petersen: Kosovo Protector

Søren Jessen-Petersen has been Special Representative of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Kosovo since June 2004. A Danish diplomat with vast experience of both the former Yugoslavia and refugee issues, he came to Kosovo from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia* where he had been the Special Representative of the European Union from February 2004.

1 September 2004

Staying the course

Robert Serry and Christopher Bennett analyse the future of NATO’s engagement in the Balkans after the end of SFOR.

1 September 2004

Reforming Bosnia and Herzegovina’s defence institutions

James R. Locher III and Michael Donley analyse the progress that Bosnia and Herzegovina has made in the field of defence reform.

1 September 2004

Between integration and disintegration

Carl Bildt examines the key issues facing Southeastern Europe in the coming year and ways in which they might be addressed.

1 September 2004

Nikola Radovanović: Bosnian Defence Minister

Nikola Radovanović became the first Defence Minister of the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15 March 2004. As such, he is overseeing reform of the country’s armed forces and defence structures.

1 September 2004

Examining the SFOR experience

Admiral Gregory G. Johnson examines problems encountered and lessons learned from NATO's operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1 September 2004

Triumph of principle, patience and persistence

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer places NATO's achievements in Bosnia and Herzegovina in historical perspective.

1 September 2004

Does the international presence in the Balkans require radical restructuring?

Gerald Knaus and Nicholas Whyte discuss the restructuring of the presence in the Balkans

1 August 2004

The dawning of a new security era?

Lionel Ponsard examines the significance for the European Union and NATO relations of the termination of SFOR and deployment of EUFOR.

1 December 2003

NATO's Balkan Odyssey

Robert Serry analyses the evolution of NATO's presence and activities in the former Yugoslavia since the Kosovo campaign and considers future prospects.