This is a conversation with Aida A. Hozić. She is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Associate Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida, United States. Her research is situated at the intersection of political economy, cultural studies, and international security. Her current research project explores interplays between feminist art, “manly” conceptualisations of warfare, and the growth of art markets in the 21st century.
A recent essay of hers, the focus of this conversation is: Dayton, WPS and the entrenched “manliness” of ethnic power-sharing peace agreements.
Topics Discussed:
The 1995 Dayton Accords and its context
The patriarchal aspect of these accords, and what they erase
The gendered impact of the accords
Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda: background and why it matters
Bosnia-Belgium comparisons
Bosnia-Lebanon comparisons, including looking at ongoing impacts of Ta’if in Lebanon and Dayton in Bosnia
How Bosnia influenced the 2011 Arab Spring and responses to it
The multiple Syrias, multiple Bosnias
What do we really mean by ‘intervention’ (Bosnia, Rwanda, Libya, Syria)
The work of Walid Raad
The work of Azra Hromadžić
‘Peace’ accords as ‘appeasing men who have guns’
The problem with simplistic ‘anti-imperialism’
How the EU sees Bosnia
‘Big powers’ politics
Fortress Europe and the ‘Balkan Route’
The relationship between ethnic politics, the National Action Plans (NAPs), and the implementation of the Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the Bosnia and Herzegovina’s transition
How gender analysis also helps us focus on ‘who else is missing’
Recommended Books
A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture by Marguerite Feitlowitz
The Political Economy of Violence Against Women by Jacqui True
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