The Dayton Accords

The Bosnian War ended with NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb forces in summer 1995 and the Dayton Peace Accords, negotiated in Dayton, Ohio in November 1995 under American mediation. The Accords created a complex federal structure for Bosnia-Herzegovina, divided into a Bosniak-Croat Federation and a Serb Republika Srpska. The arrangement ended the war but produced a state that has functioned with limited effectiveness ever since.