Bosnia and Herzegovina

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the transition process was postponed by the five-year Balkan War, which necessarily shifted the policy focus away from addressing the conditions and consequences of the transition towards managing the postwar ‘return’ process. ¹ At the very least, transition-related policy challenges were considerably exacerbated by the postwar reconciliation and adjustment processes. The attempt to return to the prewar situation as set out in the 1995 Dayton Agreement was the most important strategic direction; all other policies had to play a subordinate role to this. ²