Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Death Of Dayton: How To Stop Bosnia From Falling Apart

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From Foreign Affairs:

Bosnia was once a poster child for successful postwar reconstruction; today, it is on the verge of collapse. The 1995 Dayton accord ended a war, but it also created a fractured polity ripe for exploitation by ethnic chauvinists.

After 14 years of intense international efforts to stabilize and rebuild Bosnia, the country now stands on the brink of collapse. For the first time since November 1995 -- when the Dayton accord ended three and a half years of bloody ethnic strife -- Bosnians are once again talking about the potential for war.

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My Comment: If there is anything that Bosnia has proven, it is that democracy can never be imposed .... it has to come within.

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