The rapidly changing (sub)urban and architectural landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina instigated this research in the surge in foreign real estate investment after the war in the 1990s. This article focuses on the influx of capital from the Gulf States that was directed into residential developments, tourist resorts and commercial buildings. It scrutinises the Dayton Peace Agreement and its role as a state-building mechanism that sets this case study apart from its global counterparts. To unpack its complexity, a mix of different methodologies has been employed. The Agreement operated within the specific ethno-religious context of the region. It was underlined by a structural violence deeply embedded at its core. As such, the Agreement produced a new milieu that proved conducive to the flow of global capital. But the influx of capital from the Gulf States challenged the pre-existing binary relationship between the Agreement and the ethno-religious identities of the region. This intense encounter produced a milieu of corruption and underhanded practices, including the deregulation of planning policies and land grabbing. It also endorsed the instrumentalisation of religion as a bait for foreign investment.

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波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那的海湾：和平的（非）故意后果

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那迅速变化的（郊区）城市和建筑景观在 1990 年代战后外国房地产投资激增的情况下激发了这项研究。本文重点介绍海湾国家资本流入住宅开发、旅游胜地和商业建筑的情况。它审查了《代顿和平协议》及其作为国家建设机制的作用，使本案例研究与全球同行区别开来。为了解开其复杂性，采用了不同方法的混合。该协定是在该地区特定的民族宗教背景下运作的。根深蒂固的结构性暴力强调了它的核心。因此，该协议创造了一个新的环境，证明有利于全球资本的流动。但来自海湾国家的资本涌入挑战了该协议与该地区民族宗教认同之间预先存在的二元关系。这种激烈的冲突产生了腐败和不正当行为的环境，包括对规划政策和土地掠夺的放松管制。它还支持将宗教工具化作为外国投资的诱饵。