** Please note that this event will take place at a different location from CES. **
This event will bring together scholars and practitioners to reflect on how the accord that ended the war also entrenched today’s complex political order. The panelists will revisit Dayton’s wartime and diplomatic origins and examine how its decentralized, consociational design—with layered institutions, ethnic vetoes, and international oversight—shaped postwar governance and democracy, fragmented the country’s society, and hindered effective decision-making while also ensuring relative stability. Looking ahead, speakers will discuss pathways for constitutional and institutional reform and consider the roles that domestic and international actors play in supporting or undermining reform efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Photo Credit: Creative Common. Signing the Dayton Agreement. Seated (left to right): President of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic, President of Croatia Franjo Tudjman, President of Bosnia Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic; standing (left to right): Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, US President Bill Clinton, French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, UK Prime Minister John Major and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
