Bosnia and Herzegovina–United States relations

Bilateral relations

Bosnia and Herzegovina–United States relations

Bosnia and Herzegovina |
United States
Diplomatic mission
Bosnian and Herzegovinian Embassy, Washington, D.C.| United States Embassy, Sarajevo
Envoy
Ambassador Sven Alkalaj| Ambassador Michael J. Murphy

Relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United States are described as very strong.[citation needed]

## History

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Bill Clinton, President of the United States, and Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla 1997 Željko Komšić, member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State, Washington, D.C. 2011

The 1992–95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was ended with the help of participation by the United States in brokering the 1995 Dayton Agreement. The United States maintains command of the NATO headquarters in Sarajevo. The United States has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to help with infrastructure, humanitarian aid, economic development, and military reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Support for Eastern European Democracies (SEED) has played a large role in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, including programs in economic development and reform, democratic reform (media, elections), infrastructure development, and training programs for Bosnian professionals, among others. Additionally, there are many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have likewise played significant roles in the reconstruction.[1][2]

According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 33% of Bosnia's people approve of U.S. leadership, with 49% disapproving and 18% uncertain.[3]

According to the American embassy in Sarajevo, from 1995 to 2024, USAID spent $2 billion in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with two-thirds of the funds being spent in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the remaining third in Republika Srpska. The country's non-governmental sector was heavily affected by the Trump administration's decision to freeze USAID projects in early 2025.[4]

## Diplomatic missions

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The embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington, D.C. The embassy of the United States in Sarajevo

See also: List of ambassadors of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States

The U.S. Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina is in Sarajevo. The current Ambassador is Michael J. Murphy.

The Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington, D.C. is Bosnia and Herzegovina's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2109 E Street N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood.[5] The embassy also operates a Consulate-General in Chicago.[6] The current Ambassador is Sven Alkalaj.[7]

## See also

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* Bosnian Americans
* United States–Yugoslavia relations

## References

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1. ^ United States Department of State
2. ^ Wayne Burt, The Reluctant Superpower: United States' Policy in Bosnia, 1991-95 (1997)
3. ^ U.S. Global Leadership Project Report - 2012 Gallup
4. ^ Jovana Georgievski and Slađan Tomić (14 February 2025). "Šta za Bosnu znači najavljeni odlazak USAID-a". BBC Serbian (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
5. ^ "The Embassy of Bosnia Herzegovina". Embassy.org. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
6. ^ "Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington D.C." Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
7. ^ "Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington D.C." Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

## Further reading

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* Burt, Wayne. The Reluctant Superpower: United States' Policy in Bosnia, 1991-95 (1997) excerpt also online review
* Hume, Susan E. "Two decades of Bosnian place-making in St. Louis, Missouri." Journal of Cultural Geography 32.1 (2015): 1-22.
* Meštrovic, Stjepan G. The Conceit of Innocence: Losing the Conscience of the West in the War against Bosnia (1997), online review
* Miller, Olivia. "Bosnian Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2014), pp. 331–341. online
* Puskar, Samira. Bosnian Americans of Chicagoland (Arcadia Publishing, 2007).

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