How did the Cold War affect the breakup of Yugoslavia? After the end of the Cold War, Yugoslavia lost its strategic importance it once had when it was a neutral territory lying in between the two blocs. The collapse was caused by the diminishing support from both the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) who no longer competed to strengthen their influence over Yugoslavia and the ongoing downfall of their economy and socio-political stability.
Yugoslavia was created after the First World War, when the allies decided to put together the previously vexed nations. Prior to World War I, there were progressists within different ethnic groups who were in favour of creating a larger multi-ethnic state in the Balkans. However, all the smaller …show more content…
Yugoslavia had “Western-assisted development” from the US and other European countries; in addition, France and Russia had historical ties with Serbia and Montenegro, and Croatia and Slovenia with Germany and Austria. Western influence played an important role with helping support Tito and Communist Yugoslavia (Savich). Yugoslavia was surrounded by the two blocks led by the two superpowers during the Cold War: the Soviet Union and the United States. The country was a founding member (together with Egypt and India, i.e. the three countries represented by their then leaders Tito, Nasser and Nehru) of the Non-Aligned Movement and most of the individual states in Yugoslavia had ties to larger European countries. As mentioned before, Stalin saw Soviet domination over Eastern Europe key to expanding their country's wealth and power. The US, their political rival, was commanded by President Harry Truman to support the communist nation with military and economic aid. Truman states through the Truman Doctrine, in March 1947, “ A Commission appointed by the United Nations security Council is at present investigating disturbed conditions in northern Greece and alleged border violations along the frontier between Greece on the one hand and Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia on the other.” The US was able to help Yugoslavia grow and develop economically. Though, the relation between the US and Yugoslavia was looked down on by some purists because that meant a Capitalist country supported a Communist one. By supporting Yugoslavia, the US was trying to distance the Balkan country from the Soviet Union in order to prevent the “reintegration into the Soviet bloc”. In 1948, after the Tito-Stalin split, relations between Yugoslavia and the USSR were suspended for a while, followed by a diplomatic detente, but the
Yugoslavia was created after the First World War, when the allies decided to put together the previously vexed nations. Prior to World War I, there were progressists within different ethnic groups who were in favour of creating a larger multi-ethnic state in the Balkans. However, all the smaller …show more content…
Yugoslavia had “Western-assisted development” from the US and other European countries; in addition, France and Russia had historical ties with Serbia and Montenegro, and Croatia and Slovenia with Germany and Austria. Western influence played an important role with helping support Tito and Communist Yugoslavia (Savich). Yugoslavia was surrounded by the two blocks led by the two superpowers during the Cold War: the Soviet Union and the United States. The country was a founding member (together with Egypt and India, i.e. the three countries represented by their then leaders Tito, Nasser and Nehru) of the Non-Aligned Movement and most of the individual states in Yugoslavia had ties to larger European countries. As mentioned before, Stalin saw Soviet domination over Eastern Europe key to expanding their country's wealth and power. The US, their political rival, was commanded by President Harry Truman to support the communist nation with military and economic aid. Truman states through the Truman Doctrine, in March 1947, “ A Commission appointed by the United Nations security Council is at present investigating disturbed conditions in northern Greece and alleged border violations along the frontier between Greece on the one hand and Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia on the other.” The US was able to help Yugoslavia grow and develop economically. Though, the relation between the US and Yugoslavia was looked down on by some purists because that meant a Capitalist country supported a Communist one. By supporting Yugoslavia, the US was trying to distance the Balkan country from the Soviet Union in order to prevent the “reintegration into the Soviet bloc”. In 1948, after the Tito-Stalin split, relations between Yugoslavia and the USSR were suspended for a while, followed by a diplomatic detente, but the