The role of croatia in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Antemurale christianitatis as a policy of choice

Abstract

The commentary deals with the history of Croatian interference in BiH in the context of the place that BiH and its Muslims hold in the development of the Croatian national narrative. The pattern based on the myth of Croatia as the “bulwark of Christianity” and “nesting Orientalism” can be identified as underpinning Croatian national and foreign policy in BiH. Croatia is still pursuing its ambitions in BiH under the guise of membership in the EU and NATO and is likely to continue to do so, especially in the absence of a comprehensive political strategy of both organizations for BiH and the region of former Yugoslavia in general.