Bosnian War? The Bosnian War began in 1992 and ended in 1995‚ throughout those years more than 20‚000 rapes occurred. The war was fought between the Serbs and the Croats that were residing in Bosnia. Both sides wanted to annex an area of Bosnia either for Serbia or Croatia. Systematic rape was one of the most common weapons primarily used by the Serbs. It was disturbingly successful in purposeful impregnations‚ instilling widespread fear‚ and stealing every bit of power the Croatian women had left
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it was ineffective as Serb troops were able to destroy the area. The United States didn’t do much to ease the Bosnian Genocide. Bill Clinton and George Bush chose isolationist policies since they did not want to get involved with conflict despite an unprecedented amount of evidence of mass killings. However‚ beginning in 1992 the United States began to take action. On August30‚ 1995‚ Operation Deliberate Force was put into action; the strikes were primarily aimed at the Serbs (www.nato.int). This
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CONFLICT Kosovo is a disputed region in southeast Europe‚ limiting with Serbia‚ Montenegro‚ Albania and Macedonia. It contains over 1.8 million people and diverse ethnic groups‚ the majority being ethnic Albanians followed by an important minority of Serbs. The status of Kosovo is still controversial. Serbia claims Kosovo is a Serbian autonomous region‚ based on the Serbian constitution and on resolution 1244 of the Security Council. On the other hand‚ the provisional government at Kosovo declared its
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Introduction The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines genocide as “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial‚ political or cultural group”. Genocide is exactly what happened in the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina during July 1995. Between 6 and 11 July 1995 more than 25‚000 Bosnian Muslims‚ most of them women‚ children and elderly people living in and around town of Srebrenica‚ were forced to leave the town (Cemic 2007). In addition‚ 7‚000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were massacred by
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The Rwandan and Bosnian Genocides were similar in the fact that both were supported by the ruling force at the time. The Rwandan Genocide‚ was organized by the newly created Hutu government‚ while the Bosnian Genocide‚ was executed by the Bosnian Serb Army with support from the Yugoslav Army. In Rwanda‚ the government was formerly controlled by the minor (10%) Tutsi. The Tutsi were given this elevated position by the colonizing Germans‚ who viewed them as superior due to them having more "European"
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Main Points: End of the Col War has coincided with increased nationalist‚ ethnic‚ and religious conflict in Eurasia Serbs and Slovenians‚ Croatians and Bosnian Muslims What are the causes of the varying intergroup relations? Ancient hostilities is not a good enough explanation Posen using the classic realist concept of the Security Dilemma to form his article Using it to analyze the “special conditions that arise when groups of people suddenly find themselves newly responsible for their
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child‚ brother‚ and sister. During the war in Kosovo there were a number of brutal actions performed towards the Kosovo population physically and emotionally. The Serbs knew exactly what these people valued the most in their lives. That is honor. Among other inhuman and degrading acts executed towards the Kosovo people during the war‚ the Serbs used rape as a tool to destroy not only the women as individuals but also their families to the core. According to McKinsey (1993)‚ there were an estimated twenty
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Macedonia‚ Montenegro‚ Serbia‚ and Slovenia. Bosnia passed a referendum for independence that was supported by the country’s Muslims and Croats‚ but rejected by representatives of the Serb population‚ who established their own republic‚ Republika Srpska. Following Bosnia’s declaration of independence‚ Bosnian Serb forces (supported by the Serbian government)‚ accompanied by the Yugoslav’s People’s Army‚ declared war on Bosnia so they could take the land for themselves. Although Croatia had first
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scarred its history. Bosnia-Herzegovina is a small country in Europe‚ bordered by the Adriatic Sea on the south‚ Croatia to the north‚ and Serbia to the east. The three primary ethnic groups that make up the majority of the population of Bosnia are the Serbs‚ Croats‚ and Muslims. The country of Bosnia has a long and complex history‚ a direct result of national and ethnic conflicts between people of different religious backgrounds and ethnicities. Bosnia was originally a part of a larger country‚ Yugoslavia
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powers In 1908 intellectuals and army officers in Macedonia revolted against the government of the Sultan Bulgaria declared itself independent under Tsar Ferdinand Austria Hungary formally annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina against interests of the Serbs Serbs became hostile to Austria-Hungary Russians became determined to avoid humiliation in the Balkans Russians embarked upon a program of rearmament Resolved that no Serbian appeal for aid go unheeded Christian states of the Balkans went to war
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