Introduction: Thirty Years After the Dayton
摘要
As Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter referred to as BiH or Bosnia) marks thirty years since the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA), the country continues to struggle with the complex legacy of a peace accord that ended the devastating war and cemented ethnic politics. The DPA, brokered in 1995, brought an immediate end to the hostilities by establishing a highly decentralized state, divided into the Brčko District and two autonomous entities: the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), with a fragile power-sharing system among the three constituent peoples: Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs.