ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines how the war in Bosnia was perceived within the Western states. It explores the fundamental reason as to why North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) states took action on the war in Bosnia. The book argues that normative explanation had much more validity than other alternative explanations in elucidating the Western states' involvement in the war in the Balkans. It provides an analytical perspective that norm dilemmas led states to reorganise NATO based around the idea of humanitarian crisis 'prevention'. The book also explains a construction of international framework for security governance through NATO's reform. It demonstrates the crisis in Bosnia triggered bottom-up pressure to 'do something' against this humanitarian emergency; this factor played a vital role in moulding state policy towards it.
