Identity, Ontological Security and Europeanisation in Republika Srpska

Faris Kočan is Assistant Professor at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. His research is focused on the Europeanisation of the Western Balkans and the role of the European integration in addressing the troubled past of post-Yugoslav space. He has published, among others, in the Nationalities Papers, Ethnopolitics, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, and contributed chapters to monographs published in international publishing houses (Peter Lang, Ibidem). He has been working on many research projects, including those funded by Horizon 2020, JM/Erasmus+ and Slovenian Research Council.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Methodology.- 3. Theoretical Framework.- 4. Imagining the Bosnian Serb Ethnic Identity: A Historical Overview.- 5. Discourse Analysis of Securitisation Acts of the Political Elite in Republika Srpska.- 6. Perceptions of the Voters in Republika Srpska on the Internat and External Other.- 7. Conclusions.