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Author : E. Ponomareva
Associate Professor, Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Sciences (Political Science);
Dayton, Ohio, is home to a U.S. Air Force base
and undoubtedly one of the symbols of the new
world order. Alongside Brussels, The Hague,
Strasbourg, and Rambouillet, it is associated with
redealing out cards of History and reestablishing
rules of the political game.
Many "frozen" and "hot" conflicts have been
added around the world over the intervening 15
years. The Dayton institutional design has been
used, in one or other way, in settling many of
them. Whose interests does it actively promote? Who does it benefit? What is the future of the
countries and peoples that agreed to accept this model? These are not idle questions by far.
This is precisely why Dayton is still relevant today.
WHILE THE DAYTON ACCORDS ended the open armed conflict, which is their prime po-
litical and humanitarian asset, they also asserted, for decades to come, the right of international
agencies to exercise what are otherwise sovereign powers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and cre-
ated a cumbersome and less than effective system of governance. The existence of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, since the moment of signing the Dayton Peace Agreement, has been under con-
stant control of the Peace Implementation Council, IFOR and EUFOR.
The most essential part of the Dayton Peace Agreement is that it formed an unstable entity
which is gradually slipping under complete governance of neo-imperial structures.
Most experts and analysts are convinced that the process of Bosnia settlement, linked to the
implementation of the Dayton Agreement, has entered the final phase.
The bottom line is: as a matter of form, Bosnia and Herzegovina is an independent state, but
as a matter of fact, it is a territory under international governance. The special importance of
Dayton consists in the fact that the redistribution of sovereign powers of the state in favor of
international agencies, described as a temporary and forced measure, in the end results in placing
the once obstinate and uncontrollable territories under supranational supervision. Even if the
Dayton accords undoubtedly stopped the open conflict, they are playing a huge negative role
in today's world system. The most essential part of the Dayton Peace Agreement is that it
formed an unstable entity which is gradually slipping under complete governance of neo-im-
perial structures; that it has created a "state" through which it is easy to exercise control over
politics of the entire region. Thus, the significance of Dayton is only yet another proof of re-
formatting the entire world system right in front of our eyes. This is what we should know and
remember.
Dayton: Pitfalls and Dilemmas of the Peace Agreement
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