The scope of this study is not to explain the war as such, the analysis identify the dividing lines in the population as well as the motives of potential present conflicts, partly by utilising the explicit expression of these motives and divisions in the Bosnian War. Furthermore, the study draw from conflict studies by looking at the Bosnian conflict potential and using the literature and modelling of the so-called �new Wars�, of which the Bosnian war is often considered to be the �prime example�.