Legacies of Srebrenica: The Dutch Factor inEU‐Serbian Relations

Abstract

Having been traumatized by the actions of the Bosnian Serb army and its primary supporter Serbia inSrebrenica, the Netherlands insisted on applying strict EU conditionality criteria for Belgrade's candidacy. The Dutch determination to repeatedly stall the process of EU-Serbian negotiations and to snub the preferences of the rest of the EU members cannot be adequately explained without taking into account the role of selfconscious affect. The article not only provides a fresh perspective of the enlargement process, but it also offers revisions to the habituated-deliberative choice hypothesis, which to date has not taken into account the role of self-conscious affect.

Power, identity, and belonging: A mixed‐methods study of the processes shaping perceptions of EU integration in a prospective member state

“…Power is particularly salient in contexts where superordinate group membership has not yet been established, and disproportionate control over the potential expansion of the superordinate group is in the hands of particular subgroups. The expansion of the EU clearly fits this description, as influential countries within the block can use their power to block or facilitate the accession of new countries, as has occurred in the Serbian case (Lašas, 2013). As such, while acknowledging the distinction between power and status, we maintain a focus on power throughout this article.…”