Epochs in the development of the Republic of Srpska: Establishment, Dayton and peace

• Main Author: Đukanović Dragan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, Serbia 2013-01-01
• Series: Politeia
• Subjects: Republic of Srpska; the Dayton Peace Agreement; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Serbs; Bosniaks; Croats; the United States of America; the European Union; the constitutional reform
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2232-9641/2013/2232-96411306065D.pdf

In this paper, the author analyzes the key stages in the development of the Republic of Srpska, since its formation in 9 January 1992. In this context, it elaborates the process of genesis of the Republic of Srpska, its international verification by the Dayton Peace Agreement, post-conflict consolidation as a process of trial of the constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina that would redistribute responsibilities between the entity and state authorities. However, the paper points out that the Republic of Serbian unquestionable categories and that the current attempt by the U.S. and the EU for the amendment of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not imply denial of two-entity structure of the state. In the future, how would you rate the author will attempt leading actors in world politics to redesign the institutional framework at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as to strengthening its negotiating capacity to assume the obligations related to membership of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.