Towards the Promise of Peace is Bosnia: A Case Study in Coercive Diplomacy

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2017
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Haverford College. Department of Political Science
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In 1995, a diplomatic effort led by the United States convened in Dayton, Ohio to end the ongoing genocide in Bosnia. The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the document that emerged from these negotiations, is the only modern example of a successful diplomatic intervention to end a genocide. Known commonly as either the Dayton Accords or the Dayton Agreement, the role that the United States played in forging the document and overseeing the implementation of its provisions has fostered peace in Bosnia for over two decades. Given the fraught history of U.S. interventions and the complexities associated with ending a genocide, the Dayton Agreement is a unique achievement of diplomatic statecraft. As the United States struggles to confront the crisis in Syria, an exploration of the factors that contributed to a peaceful, sustainable resolution to the conflict in Bosnia is relevant to American foreign policy practitioners. This project will examine the successes and failures of the American diplomatic strategy in Bosnia. Specifically, the combination of coercive strategies and shuttle diplomacy that yielded the kind of leverage conducive to successful peace talks.
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