Quarter Century-Old Dayton Mantra Shouldn’t Dictate Bosnia’s Future – Analysis

By David B. Kanin*

In the winter of 1994-5 Ratko Mladic made a mistake that would lead to atrocities and his side’s military defeat.  Mladic decided to concentrate his forces in the east so he could reduce Bosnjak enclaves.  This strategy led his troops to commit genocide at Srebrenica.  Meanwhile, in the West Bosnjak and...