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The author discusses the nature of the political system in Bosnia & Herzegovina & the possible outcome of the country's institutional reforms. The article begins with giving a detailed overview of the structure of the main political institutions & it continues with presenting & evaluating favorable & unfavorable factors of consociationalism in BiH. In the conclusion, the author analyzes the political implications of the suggested constitutional reforms. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.

"In terms of legal frameworks and institutional stability, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) can be said to fulfill the formal conditions for democracy. Yet BiH falls short on democratic substance. The country lacks active citizen participation, horizontal and vertical accountability, true freedom of the media, issue-driven public discourse, and political dialogue. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) that BiH signed with the European Union (EU) on 16 June 2008 has been considered one of the most significant political developments since the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995. In spite of this positive development, the feeling that the status of democracy in BiH has substantially deteriorated since the 2006 elections remains prevalent. Furthermore, the political leadership has revived memories of past injustices in order to manipulate the public and win support for policies intended to maintain the status quo. Representatives of international organizations and states have increasingly seen the 'disengagement' of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in connection with a more enforced European integration reform agenda." (author's abstract)

Reviews contributions of NATO's IFOR/SFOR peacekeeping forces to implementation of the Dayton peace accords.

Part I. The Battle. - 1. We fired first 9. - 2. They fire back 26. - 3. The battle 44. - 4. The defeat 65. - Part II. Reflections on the Battle. - 5. Non-violent wars 85. - 6. Non-violent insurgency 122. - 7. Diplomatic counterinsurgency 150. - 8. The avalanche 171. - 9. Looking forward 198

This article gives an overview of the three main mutually exclusive ethnonational narratives developed during and after the war (1992-1995) in Bosnia and Herzegovina through one of the main instruments of memory politics, i.e., monuments, which have been erected in large numbers in the last two decades. Through the analysis of symbols, shapes and inscriptions, the aim is to show how war monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina serve as instruments of nation-building processes, i.e., strategies of identity consolidation and how they function as 'containers of symbolism'. Unlike in the other Yugoslav successor states, in Bosnia and Herzegovina there is more than one nation-building project, with two being related to the 'outside motherlands', Serbia and Croatia, and one to the state. After a general overview of the memorialization process in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its political and legal frameworks, the author focuses on war monuments and narratives of the three ethno-national groups and gives some examples of monuments that represent the fourth, civic, or 'unconstituent' narrative, which is very rare and marginal. Adapted from the source document.