International Failure?

Fifteen years after Dayton it is more than evident that the international intervention in Bosnia failed in the political and economical consolidation of the country. The current status has become a valuable thing to the local elites whereas the international community shifted its focus from democracy building to implementing liberal markets which fails due to the nature of the intervention and the ethnic divide. The international community as well as the local elites keeps a democratic facade while the democratic participation is very limited. The intervention as well as the local government in BiH are on their way from un- to postdemocratic state and though focusing on it fundamentally fail economic consolidation.