Brussels, 18 September 2008
(l to r) John MacGregor, Florian Bieber, Jamie Shea and Gulnur Aybet
The second in the series of workshops was held at the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) on the 18th of September 2008. The particular focus of this workshop was the role of the EU and NATO in the process from peace to state building with special reference to police and defense reform. Amongst the topics of discussion were the self contained success of defense reform and NATO’s leading role in this process, the EU’s difficulties and reluctance to impose police reform and the impact of internal politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the success or failure of these processes. The impact of these reforms on the transition from OHR to EUSR was also discussed. The workshop was attended by officials from NATO and the EU, as well as participants from NGOs, the media and academia. A report was produced at the end of the workshop which is available as a pdf document on the link below.
Florian Bieber, Jamie Shea and Gulnur Aybet; Tihomir Loza and Nida Gelazis
