Bosnia's Divisions: A Map of Shifting Proposals

International mediators have repeatedly tried to redraw the internal borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their goal is to create a more stable state. However, each new proposal has failed to gain full support. The country remains divided into two main parts. These are the Bosniak-Croat Federation and the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska. This structure, created by the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, stopped a war but created a weak and complex government. Past plans suggested changing borders to create more ethnically homogeneous regions. Some maps proposed a third, Croat-dominated entity. Others suggested attaching parts of Republika Srpska to Serbia. All these initiatives have stalled. Local leaders and the international community cannot agree on a final model. The debate continues, leaving Bosnia's territorial structure a subject of ongoing negotiation.