Bosna-Hersek’te Devlet İnşası Anlaşmazlığında Enerji Güvenliğini Kavramak: Arafta Bir Bosna-Hersek Mi?
Construing Energy Security in the State Building Imbroglio in Bosnia-Herzegovina:Bosnia-Herzegovina in Limbo?

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses energy security promotion, one of the most significant aspects of state building in BiH, in the framework of the concept of state building in connection with the state building actor in the country, the EU. Following the description of state building, energy security and Dayton Peace Agreement; it identifies three fundamental problems in the energy security building in BiH. First, it exposes how the “state within state” condition leads to fragmented and disharmonious energy policy choices and outcomes in the state building in BiH. Second, and emanating from the factor above, it dwells on the creation of additional problems emanating from the establishment of independent cooperation in the oil and natural gas sectors by the two entities (Federation and Bosnian Serb Republic/Republika Srpska) with their respective old, established external partners, in the state building process. Third, it exemplifies via the Chinese case that the state building, manifesting long duration and stagnation, will result in the possibility of the involvement of foreseen or unforeseen actors in the process. In the final analysis, it acknowledges the necessity on the part of the EU to offer unilateral concessions in the energy security aspect of the state building in BiH and offers certain future prospects.

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