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The precarious state of Bosnia can be traced back to the Dayton Agreement, which ended the Bosnian War in the 1990s. While this peace agreement ceased immediate hostilities, critics argue it entrenched ethnic divisions without addressing essential societal concerns. It laid the groundwork for a decentralized governance structure that effectively paralyzed political progress and fueled ongoing tensions among the country’s three main ethnic groups: the Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs, and Croats. This dysfunction hints at the risk of renewed conflict, as polarization deepens and the population becomes ever more divided.