Bosnia and Herzegovina

BULGARIAN UPHEAVAL As was the case with Guatemala, the people of Bulgaria were plague with wars over the extinction of communism. Prior to the cold war, Bulgaria suffered great loss during WWI, simultaneously with the Balkan Wars, and WWII which left the country aligned with the eventual losing side of all wars. Due to these wars, Bulgaria suffered much loss in the way of land, lives, and residents as many refugees immigrated to Bulgaria effecting an already ruined economy. Suffering these…

The Assassination of Grigori Rasputin According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, “There have been 298 serious assassination attempts on leaders worldwide since 1875” (Belsie). Grigori Rasputin, a member of Czar Nicholas II’s court, was violently murdered by a group of conspirators on December 29, 1916. Grigori Rasputin had a reputation as a mystical faith healer who had influence on the Russian government. He was violently killed as he was perceived to be too close the imperial…

Improving a country’s standard of living aims to increase the degree of wealth and comfort that a group of people in a certain geographic area experience by promoting economic growth. The standard of living takes into account many factors, some being; income gap, unemployment rate, poverty level, inflation rate, and gross domestic product. Gross domestic product or GDP is the sum of a country’s consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. The most common measurement of a…

It all started when he agreed to attend a series of military exercises in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Since Austria-Hungary had just annexed these provinces a few years earlier against the wishes of neighboring Serbia. Ferdinand believed the Serbs to be “pigs,” “thieves,” “murderers” and “scoundrels.” Yet he had opposed annexation for fear…

The Bosnian Genocide was the worst act of genocide since the Nazis regime’s destruction of 6 million European Jews during World War 2. The Bosnian Genocide was a complete act of terror to the Yugoslavian people. The Serbian majority seized power after the fall of the previous regime, the victims were treated poorly. The victims were the Bosniak and Croatian civilians, the people involved was the Serbs, and the victims were tortured and beaten to death. The Bosnian Genocide was an act of terror.…

It’s 1994, in the country of Rwanda; the Hutu’s and Tutsi’s, two ethnic groups are allies, but not for long. Mass killings abruptly begin, as the President of Rwanda is shot down from his plane. The Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s begin rallying against one another, eliminating each other aggressively (Pells). Hardship clouds over Rwandan citizens, causing every corner they turn to be unsafe. 800,000 people are slaughtered over three months, leaving each Rwandan citizen afraid of their own people and…

Throughout history, historians have debated on the cause of WWI, whether it was militarism or imperialism. In my opinion, the cause of this war was the secret alliances between the countries. While doing the packet, I was able to infer that the cause was alliances because of the fights caused by the secret friendships. Though there were other attributes to the cause of the war, I believe that the leading cause of World War I was definitely the unknown alliances. As shown in Document A, the…

ties to the Serbian Army and protested the Austria-Hungarian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group’s first attempt to kill…

Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina which happened a year after the mission in Rwanda, the international community made the same mistakes as they did in Rwanda which were refusing to fund additional support and waiting too long to intervene. The international community waited too long to intervene in Rwanda because they did not believe there was a genocide occurring which led to a massacre similar to the situation that caused the Srebrenica massacre. During the mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina,…

I worked with Professor Goran Simic, one of the leading experts in the field of transitional justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). We collected evidence related to the corruption of the Bosnian police and reported our findings to higher authorities. In addition, we formed a public Facebook page that people with similar interests used to post their own experiences…