Efekti Dejtonskog mirovnog sporazuma
Effects of the Dayton Peace Agreement

Author(s): Jasminka Simić
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Dayton Peace Agreement; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Entities; EU; NATO; EUFOR Althea; High Representative
Summary/Abstract: The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), also known as the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA) was reached in the US air military base Wright-Peterson in Dayton-Ohio on 21 November 1995, and formally signed in Paris on 14 December 1995. The signing of the DPA formally marked the end of the fouryear war in B&H, whereas the country was divided into two Entities: a Muslim-croat Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina and the Republic of Srpska. The DPA establishes the international military and civilian presence to oversee the implementation of the peace agreement, and lays the foundation for the society and state building in B&H in a time of peace. Analysis of the effects of the DPA over the last twenty years at the national, regional and international levels, shows that the peace agreement has helped maintain peace in B&H and achieve some degree of political normalization and economic cooperation among the countries in the region, and that the continuity of NATO after the end of the cold War has been justified (“the electricity effect on NATO”). Furthermore, by ceding command to the EU, the NATO has contributed to the strengthening a common Foreign and Security Policy for the European Union. The process of EU approximation is an opportunity for B&H and other countries in the region for a qualitative expansion of the DPA, based on the assumption that the international military and civilian presence in B&H will come to an end, and that the Entities will support democratic and economic consolidation of internal policies and better bilateral relations with the neighbors, in particular with the Republic of croatia and the Republic of Serbia.

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