The Causes of the Yugoslav Civil War

The war in Yugoslavia is often compared with images of Nazi Germany and Stalin's pogroms in the Soviet Union by historians. The Yugoslav Civil War began in October of 1991. Global Community worked through the UN, NATO, and the European Community to bring an end to the violence in 1999. However, Kosovo is still being rebuilt; indicted war criminals remain free; many of the provisions of the Dayton Accord are honoured only when external pressure is applied. …

…and established. It can also be argued that civil wars of 1991 emerged because the situation favoured the surfacing of different kinds of extremism, including ultra-nationalism. The introduction of political pluralism and the democratization of the state also catalyzed divisive interethnic animosities. Thus, it appears that democratization and the survival of a multiethnic state cannot be achieved simultaneously without producing conflict. <Tab/> <Tab/> <Tab/>