Terrorist Sanctuaries and Bosnia-Herzegovina: Challenging Conventional Assumptions

Innes, Michael A.

Abstract

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.

Citation

Innes, M. A. (2006). Terrorist Sanctuaries and Bosnia-Herzegovina: Challenging Conventional Assumptions. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 28(4), 295-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/10576100590950147

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 8, 2004
• Online Publication Date: Aug 19, 2006
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2006
• Deposit Date: Nov 15, 2019
• Journal: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
• Print ISSN: 1057-610X
• Electronic ISSN: 1521-0731
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 295-305
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10576100590950147