THE DISINTEGRATION OF YUGOSLAVIA ETHNIC SEPARATISM SPLITS APART

THE DISINTEGRATION OF YUGOSLAVIA • ETHNIC SEPARATISM SPLITS APART YUGOSLAVIA AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR

SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC REMOVED FROM POWER IN 2000 -> PUT TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY • Serbian ultranationalist • Leader of post cold war Yugoslavia • Fought brutal and bloody wars in Bosnia and Kosovo -> tried to keep Yugoslavia united and under Serbian control

THE WAR IN BOSNIA q. Serbians fight brutal war against Bosnian muslims to prevent Bosnia from splitting from Yugoslavia q 250, 000 killed/2 million left homeless q. The Dayton Accords 1995 = ends the war in Bosnia

THE WAR IN KOSOVO § Kosovo = region of Yugoslavia § Serbian Kosovars versus Albanian Kosovars § War breaks out in 1999 § US and NATO organize bombing campaign to end the conflict

“ETHNIC CLEANSING” • SERBIAN POLICY OF GENOCIDE AGAINST THE BOSNIAN MUSLIMS

HELMUT KOHL § Leader of the Christian Democrat party § Chancellor of W. Germany in the 1980’s-1990’s § Organized and managed German reunification

MARGARET THATCHER “THE IRON LADY” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. LEADER OF CONSERVATIVE PARTY ELECTED PM IN 1979 LOWERED TAXES PRIVATIZED INDUSTRIES FREE MARKET ECONOMICS LIMIT THE POWER OF TRADE UNIONS ANTI-COMMUNIST

TONY BLAIR AND “NEW LABOUR” § Reformed and modernized the Labour Party in Britain § Elected Prime Minister in 1997 § Young and vigorous § Close ally with the US and George W. Bush in the Iraq War

FALKLANDS WAR

FRANCOIS MITTERAND

JACQUES CHIRAC

ITALY IN THE 1970’s & 1980’s

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC UNIFICATION § EU = the European Union § Maastricht Treaty = economic and monetary unification § The Euro = common currency