Once a close ally of Radovan Karadzic, during the 1992-1995 war in BiH she was considered a hardline Serb nationalist, but later moderated her stance to become a driving force in implementation of the Dayton peace accord.
Nekada bliska saveznica Radovana Karadžića, Plavšićeva je za vreme rata 1992-1995 u BiH bila smatrana tvrdokornim srpskim nacionalistom, da bi kasnije ublažila svoje stavove i postala jedna od glavnih zagovornika sprovođenja Dejtonskog sporazuma.