Terrorist Sanctuaries and Bosnia-Herzegovina: Challenging Conventional Assumptions

This article argues that a model of terrorism and terrorist sanctuaries rooted in post-9/11 strategic thought and the Global War on Terror is inadequate to the study of terrorism in Bosnia and the Balkans. It addresses a series of conventional assumptions regarding Bosnia-Herzegovina's status a...

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Published in:Studies in conflict and terrorism 2005-07, Vol.28 (4), p.295-305
Main Author: Innes, Michael A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia Herzegovina
Conflict
Humanitarian intervention
International relations
National security
Politics
September 11
Terrorism
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Summary:This article argues that a model of terrorism and terrorist sanctuaries rooted in post-9/11 strategic thought and the Global War on Terror is inadequate to the study of terrorism in Bosnia and the Balkans. It addresses a series of conventional assumptions regarding Bosnia-Herzegovina's status as a putative terrorist sanctuary, based on a reading of post-war ethnic politics and political architecture. This assessment turns on the basic notion that terrorism in Bosnia is a complex phenomenon linked to multiple domestic and foreign communities, defined along competing national trajectories and intersecting foreign interests, and subject to evolving political circumstances and priorities.
ISSN:1057-610X
1521-0731
DOI:10.1080/10576100590950147