The situation is further complicated by the communist legacy of repression and zero-sum politics. As a result no credible, non-nationalist democratic movements have got far in Bosnia. There are no modern precedents for making a state work in these circumstances. The Dayton Accords were an admirable attempt. A degree of peaceful relations among the various ethnic groups now exists.
People can move freely without fear of attack.
But the Dayton Accords contain numerous flaws, both conceptual and practical. It failed to tackle quickly enough the war-crimes issue. There were no concerted transitional arrangements from the prior Bosnian government, which claimed to represent the whole country, to the new system. There is serious disfunction between civilian and military efforts. Dayton addressed military problems successfully, but not the civilian side.