Introduction- I would say that the perspective linking US strategic and economic interests to so-called ‘humanitarian interventions’ is a correct one. Following the Cold War‚ the US still maintained its designs for global hegemony. It had economic interests in many regions of the globe. The health of these interests mainly depended on accessibility and security for US investment in resource-rich areas. More importantly‚ in order to preserve the existence of NATO(which the US counted on in order
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Locations 5 3.1 Croatia 6 3.1.1 Export Oriented Knowledge-led Services 9 3.1.2 Foreign Direct Investment 9 3.2 Bulgaria 11 3.3 Romania 13 3.4 Slovenia 15 3.5 Serbia 16 3.5.1 FDI Oriented Exporters 16 3.6 Albania 17 3.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 3.8 Macedonia 19 Section 4 20 Export Performance 2000 to 2005-Croatia and its Major Competitors 20 Section 5 22 Factors Influencing the Attraction of FDI 22 5.1 Overall Infrastructure Quality 23 5.2 Quality of Educational System
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slaughtered… (www.hrw.org). The Srebrenica Massacre was only one part of the Bosnian Genocide. The Bosnian Genocide is one of the worst genocides since World War II. With over 100‚000 deaths and 8‚000 of them related to the massacre of Srebrenica‚ Bosnia is home to the worst mass killing in Europe since World War II. Despite warning signs though newspaper and media‚ the international and the U.S. failed to intervene sufficiently. A good starting place would be after the year of 1980‚ in which President
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similar in the way they horrified the world‚ in the reason why the persecuted group where killed‚ the way the persecuted group was killed‚ and the way the persecuted group lived during the genocide. According to the UHRC‚ the Serbs were Pro-Nazi (Bosnia Genocide). This could be why both events are so similar? One thing is for certain‚ those who survived both events will never forget them. The genocide started with the Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. In 1991‚ Creatia and Slovian declared
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Republic of Yugoslavia (otherwise known as SFRY) was the Yugoslav state founded during World War II until it was dissolved in 1992‚ following the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ Croatia‚ Macedonia‚ Montenegro‚ Serbia‚ and Slovenia. Initially siding with the Eastern bloc under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito at the beginning of the Cold War‚ Yugoslavia pursued a policy of neutrality after the Tito–Stalin split of
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Left: Franz Ferdinand/ Middle: Nedjelko Cabrinovic/ Right: Gavrilo Princip Yesterday Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sophie were shot by Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on a visit to Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip is believed to be part of the Black Hand Gang‚ a group of terrorists that want Bosnia to become part of Serbia. Cornel Api‚ the head of Serbia’s military is thought to be the person that supplied the gang with their weapons and training. Other members of the Gang are Vasco Cubrilovic
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her navy for war and successfully created tension between herself and Britain‚ making the naval race a cause that would contribute to war. Austria-Hungary also annexed Bosnia in 1908 due to imperialism and noticing the Ottoman Empire that ruled the Balkans was declining. This infuriated Serbia who believed they should rule Bosnia due to their geographical and ethnical similarities. After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914‚ and Serbia refusing the part of Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum that
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Essay: To what extent was imperialism the main cause of international tension in Europe up until 1914? There were several factors that contributed to the undeniable international tension in Europe up until 1914 and each factor played a definite part in pushing Europe closer and closer to a World War. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw a period of vast empire building and severe colonial rivalry. In the nineteenth century European countries such as Britain‚ France and Austria-Hungary realised
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First came the Yugoslav-Slovene war that resulted in the independence of Slovenia‚ which was followed by fighting amongst Serbs and Croats across Croatia. Eventually the European Community recognized Croatia as an independent nation‚ which prompted Bosnia to follow the Croatian lead and declare its own independence from a Yugoslavia that became progressively Serb-dominated. Holbrooke’s cautioning about Bosnia’s freedom‚ an event that seemed so innocent and perhaps righteous to the Europeans‚ was the
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shot dead by a man of Serbian nationality. Gavrilo Princip was persistent and even after the bomb attack of his nationalist group‚ the Black Hand‚ failed he took the opportunity to save our countrymen in Bosnia from a bleak future. After many requests Austria-Hungary still wouldn’t allow Bosnia to join us in their rightful place so action was the only way forward. Our national hero‚ Gavrilo Princip‚ has unfortunately been arrested. We hope that he is not punished harshly as he has done us a great
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