Bosnien und Herzegowina in der Sackgasse? Struktur und Dynamik der Krise fünfzehn Jahre nach Dayton
Bosnia and Herzegovina at an Impasse? The Structure and Dynamics of the Crisis 15 Years After Dayton

Summary/Abstract: Abstract. This article synthesizes the political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2006. It sketches the structural frame of the perpetuated crisis of the Bosnian statehood, the logic of the Dayton Agreement, and the role of the most important local as well as international political actors, in particular the European Union. At the center of attention stand the debates around the reform of the police and of the constitution. The question whether the elections of October 2010 have ensued a substantial political change is answered in the negative. Rather, the political stalemate, based on ethnonational exclusivity, has even been enforced. The author concludes that intelligent proposals for exiting the present political agony do exist, but that it would need an overcoming of the EU’s “tiredness with Bosnia” and a concerted and coherent action to exit the labyrinth prompted by the Dayton Agreement.

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