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by Dylan Coulter 3 years ago

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Post Cold War World 1990's

The 1990s were marked by significant international developments, with the United States playing a crucial role in various global events. Efforts to promote free trade led to the formation of GATT, WTO, and NAFTA under Clinton'

Post Cold War World 1990's

Post Cold War World 1990's

Haiti

Clinton threatened the invasion of Haiti if Rauol Cedras was not removed from power

Israel

Clinton and his administration mediated negotiations between Israel and Palestine
The Declaration of Principles promising Palestine self rule in Jericho and the Gaza Strip, as well as security for Israel came from secret negotiations between the two

Iraq

Invaded Kuwait by order of Saddam Hussein for control of more oil
Bush's administration as well as other countries, such as the Soviets and the British told Iraq they needed to leave Kuwait

Hussein refused so the U.S. launched Operation Desert Storm a series of air attacks and then a 100 hour war forcing Iraq's forces out of Kuwait

International Trade

GATT, WTO, and NAFTA were all formed with Clinton and other nations trying to promote free trade and the reduction of tariffs

Northern Ireland

Clinton made the Good Friday Accords as he was a mediator in a conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland

China

Clinton sent warships to prevent China from interfering with Taiwan
The Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia was bombed by NATO

Africa

The Clinton administration met with Rwanda for not taking action in aiding them during their civil war with 800,000 people dying

Yugoslavia

Bush helped stop the civil war that would've occurred from Yugoslavia breaking apart through the use of democracy

Russia

Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev worked to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons each nation had
2 treaties came from the reducing each countries nuclear weapons reserves by a third each time and these were the START I and START II treaties

Somalia

George H.W.Bush sent aid to try and help the against the famine
It did not go well and the warlords remained in power