Perceptions of the Russia-Ukraine war in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Laia Balcells, Ana Paula Pellegrino and Matthew Simonson

No wp-2026-57, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: How do non-belligerent societies view the return of large-scale conflict to Europe? Among European countries, with their different historical ties to Russia and lived experiences of conflict, this article examines how the public in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia—two former Yugoslav republics marked by war in the 1990s—perceives the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war that is still ongoing as of May 2026. Prior to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the most recent large-scale wars in Europe took place in the western Balkans. How do citizens of these countries perceive this new war?

Keywords: Survey; Balkans; Russia-Ukraine war; Violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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