Platform for Peace and Humanity

The “Politicization” of “Western” Sanctions in Republika Srpska

By framing targeted sanctions as an instrument through which the US and UK are pursuing their “anti-Serb” policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina, designees and politicians in Republika Srpska are, on the one hand, effectively de-legitimizing the measure in the eyes of the public opinion in Republika Srpska. On the other, they are portraying themselves as the “protectors” of the Serbs, their rights and, ultimately, their existence within Bosnia-Herzegovina.