POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

Abstract

The Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995 prepared proper conditions for political and economic reconstruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the disintegration process of Yugoslavia. After the war and great destruction, Bosnia-Herzegovina was reconstructed with the intervention of the USA and the Western European states (especially Germany, the UK, France), and the Dayton Agreement as a very complex and fragmented federation in the political sphere and a periphery capitalist country in the economic sphere. More importantly, the Western states’ intervention and the Dayton arrangements created an “international protectoral rule” in Bosnia-Herzegovina under the control and command of the USA, the Western European states and international organizations. This painful destruction and political-economic reconstruction process in Bosnia-Herzegovina is discussed and explained in the article.

Keywords

• Bosnia-Herzegovina,the Bosnian War,international intervention,international protectoral rule

BOSNA-HERSEK’TE SİYASAL VE EKONOMİK YENİDEN YAPILANMA

Abstract

1992 ve 1995 yılları arasında yaşanılmış olan Bosna Savaşı, Yugoslavya’nın parçalanması sürecinde Bosna-Hersek’te siyasal ve ekonomik yeniden yapılanma için uygun bir ortam yarattı. Savaş ve büyük yıkım sonrasında Bosna-Hersek, ABD ile Batı Avrupalı devletlerin (özellikle Almanya, Birleşik Krallık, Fransa) müdahaleleri ve Dayton Anlaşması tarafından siyasal alanda son derece karmaşık ve parçalı bir federasyon olarak ve ekonomik alanda bir çevre kapitalist ülke olarak yeniden yapılandırıldı. Daha da önemlisi, Batılı devletlerin müdahaleleri ve Dayton düzenlemeleri ABD ile Batı Avrupalı devletlerin ve başlıca uluslararası örgütlerin kontrol ve komutası altında Bosna-Hersek’te bir “uluslararası himaye yönetimi” oluşturdu. Makalede, Bosna-Hersek’te yaşanılmış olan bu son derece sancılı yıkım ve siyasal-ekonomik yeniden yapılanma süreci eleştirel biçimde tartışılıp açıklanmıştır.

Keywords

• Bosna-Hersek,Bosna Savaşı,uluslararası müdahale,uluslararası himaye yönetimi

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