A new report by International Crisis Group, titled “Bosnia’s Future,” argues that while the post-war restructuring and rebuilding of BiH has been partly successful, the nature of the Dayton constitution holds the country back from further progress. According to the authors,
The tensions created by constitutional schizophrenia are pushing BiH to the breaking point. A new design is needed: a normal federation, territorially defined, without a special role for constituent peoples, but responsive to the interests of its three communities and the rights of all citizens.
The report includes recommendations for the BiH government, BiH citizens, and the international community. At the BiH level, the report recommends that the implicit federal structure of the state be formalized, and that the cantons inside FBiH be eliminated, with power reallocated to the entity governments. The report also recommends that the international community dissolve the Peace Implementation Council and close the Office of the High Representative, and otherwise deal with BiH as “a normal country.”
