NATO: Staying the Course in the Balkans
By Christopher Bennett
21 Jan 2005
When the NATO-led Stabilization Force came to an end and the European Union took responsibility for providing day-to-day security in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an important phase of the Alliance’s engagement in the Balkans was over. The termination of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) should not, however, be viewed as the beginning of a NATO withdrawal from the region, but of a process designed to embed the whole of South-eastern Europe in Euro-Atlantic structures.
21 Jan 2005
When the NATO-led Stabilization Force came to an end and the European Union took responsibility for providing day-to-day security in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an important phase of the Alliance’s engagement in the Balkans was over. The termination of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) should not, however, be viewed as the beginning of a NATO withdrawal from the region, but of a process designed to embed the whole of South-eastern Europe in Euro-Atlantic structures.
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