However, years of economic stagnation, an ongoing massive-scale brain drain, and the inability of the country's leaders to find common ground amid escalating nationalist rhetoric have dampened the ordinary people's expectations that their lives will ever be any different.
A contender for EU and NATO membership, Bosnia and Herzegovina has not progressed on either path despite international community pressure. The Republika Srpska's increasing ties with Russia raise concerns about the country's future unity.
The complexity of Bosnia and Herzegovina's political system, established by the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995, reflects the intricate ethnic divisions through distinct administrative units and shared governance structures.
Russia's historical and religious connections with ethnic Serbs in Bosnia contribute to fears of destabilization in a nation historically divided by ethnicities and struggling for stability.
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