The Dayton Peace Accords at 30: An ugly peace that has prevented a return to war over Bosnia

By: Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech and Adis Maksić, International Burch University, The Conversation

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Published: November 19, 2025

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Last Updated: 5 days, 18 hours ago

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By Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech and Adis Maksić, International Burch University

On Nov. 21, 1995, in the conference room of the Hope Hotel on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, the leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia initialed an agreement that brought the three-and-a-half-year war in Bosnia to an end. Three weeks later, the General Framework Agreement, known as the Dayton Peace Accords, was signed.

The war over Bosnia was the most …

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