Strengths and Weaknesses of the European Union Police Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bu makale Bosna-Hersek'teki Avrupa Birliği Polis Operasyonu'nun güçlü ve zayıf yönlerini incelemektedir. Öncelikle, değişen görev tanımları üzerinden operasyonun çerçevesi sunulacaktır. Daha sonra, başardıkları ve başaramadıklarını sunmak üzere operasyonun ulaştığı ve ulaşamadığı hedeflerin özeti sunulacaktır. Üçüncü olarak, operasyonun tutarlılık ve yerel sahiplenme bakımından karşılaştığı sorunlara yoğunlaşılacaktır. Makale, bu operasyonun AB'nin farklı enstrümanları arasındaki eşgüdümün ve reform girişimlerinin yerel halk tarafından ne kadar benimsendiğinin önemini gösterdiğini iddia etmektedir. Operasyon süresince, alandaki AB operasyonları arasındaki eşgüdüm sorunu çözülse de, polis reformu yerel aktörlerin izin vermemesi sebebiyle devam ettirilememiştir

Bosna-Hersek'teki Avrupa Birliği Polis Operasyonu'nun Güçlü ve Zayıf Yönleri

This article analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union Police Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina. First, it provides an overview of the mission through the changes in its mandates. Then, it outlines the mission's performance with a view to present its achievements and failures. Third, it focuses on the problems the mission faced with regard to coherence and local ownership. The article argues that the mission shows the importance of coordination between different instruments of the EU and the degree to which the host society embraces reform initiatives. During the mission's lifetime the problem regarding the coordination between the EU missions in the field was resolved; however, police reform could not be followed through due to the intransigence of local actors

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