Signed in December 1995, the Dayton Peace Agreement is widely regarded as a diplomatic breakthrough and a long-term structural constraint for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although it brought an immediate end to a 3-year-long devastating conflict, it also created an institutional architecture that continues to influence the country’s political trajectory in complex and somewhat limiting ways (Bose, 2003). 2025 marked its 30th anniversary, making it salient to understand its evolution throughout 3 decades in order to assess Bosnia and Herzegovina’s prospects for peace, democratic consolidation, and EU integration.

After briefly explaining the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this article will outline the characteristics of the Dayton Agreement, its implications in the present times, and questions about its effects in the future.

The history of bilateral disputes involving North Macedonia is still ongoing and obstructing the country’s path towards EU accession.

From the outside, for someone who is not accustomed to the history of the Balkan countries, such disputes might sound silly and unimportant, failing to understand the real issues that lie behind.  This article will try to explain the disputes between North Macedonia and its neighbouring countries, Greece and Bulgaria, in the clearest and most straightforward way possible, outlining their causes, developments, consequences, and success stories of resolution.

As the first publication of Western Balkans Untangled, this article aims to recap the history of the six Western Balkan countries’ EU accession process, hoping to provide more accessible insights to the EU civil society on what is going on not so far away from them.

Starting with a general summary of the history of the EU enlargement process to the Western Balkans, the article will later delve into the individual countries’ paths, struggles, and current positioning on the accession steps. Lastly, an overview of the risks and opportunities for the EU and the WB, together with some hopes for the future, will clarify how an EU enlargement to the region would affect both sides.