BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA’S EU INTEGRATION IN THE SHADOW OF THE RUSSIA–UKRAINE WAR: THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY?
Journal: Karadeniz Araştırmaları
Year: 2025

ABSTRACT The geopolitical upheaval triggered by Russia-Ukraine war has induced significant shifts in European security architecture and enlargement policy, with profound implications for the Western Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a country still grappling with internal divisions and institutional fragility three decades after the Dayton Peace Agreement, has emerged as a critical focal point within this readjusted geopolitical context. The European Union's (EU) enlargement policy, which h