Ethnic Conflict Movements: The Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

If the conflict occurs due to political, social, economic, etc. reasons between two or more ethnic groups, it can be called „ethnic conflict‟, which might or might not entail violence. The research on the meaning and quality of „ethnic conflict‟ in the field of International Relations can be emphasized through the discussion of special cases selected via social sciences. This study aims to contribute to the studies of the ethnic conflict in international relations with the history and evaluation of dissolution of Yugoslavia, with the selected case of „Bosnia and Herzegovina‟. This article examines the issue of 'ethnic conflict' and the historical background in the scope of International Relations. It investigates the ethnic conflict movements of Bosnia and Herzegovina's chosen region, since the Cold War years with appropriate International Relations theories. In this context, the issue has been discussed within the framework of selected theories and historical background in order to evaluate the reasons for ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the post Cold War era and the formation of an ethnic identity.