The Dayton Agreement of 1995 ended the Bosnian War but created a deeply dysfunctional state divided between two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. Republika Srpska's leadership has repeatedly threatened secession.
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Republika Srpska's president Milorad Dodik has repeatedly threatened to withdraw from Bosnian state institutions. The Dayton structure has been described as a 'frozen conflict in slow motion.'