Kategorier: Alle - trade - agreements - independence - intervention

af Jessica Harding 4 år siden

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Post Cold War 1990s

The 1990s, following the end of the Cold War, saw significant geopolitical and economic shifts. Yugoslavia disintegrated as Slovenia and Croatia declared independence, leading to the cessation of the socialist republic.

Post Cold War 1990s

Post Cold War 1990s

International Trade

Economically united Europe becomes the largest trading market
China becomes most important export country
World trade organization and NATO attempt to help create free trade

China

Most important trading country in the world
China enters WTO

Haiti

US intervened in Haiti but did not accomplish the goals of eliminating poverty and helping democracy

Somalia

Safe Havens for Iraqi Kurds
US began a manhunt for somalian warllord

Yugoslavia

Slovenia and Croatia declared independence
The socialist republic ceased to exist

Iraq

Iraq's brash requests alarmed Arab states
Iraq and Iran could not come to peace terms

Israel

US tried to help with negotiations and failed both times which caused violence

Northern Ireland

Belfast Agreement of 1998
Stalemate between the IRA and the British security forces

Africa

Centralized government control over economic matters
AIDS infects 6 million
Ethiopia and Somalia abandoned by world powers

Russia

"shock therapy"
Boris Yeltsin elected
USSR dissolves 1991