BALKANLAR

Correct answer is E

The reasons for the dissolution of Yugoslavia have been classified differently in various sources. Here, the main reasons for the dissolution will be evaluated as structural, economic, political and inter-ethnical. The answer is C.

The self-management practice, which started in 1950, was also the source of the economic reasons for the dissolution.

With the death of Tito, the increasing nationalism in the republics triggered the trend of secession in the federated republics and centralization in the federal republic. Slovenia’s tendency towards independence in this process became clearer especially after the abolition of the autonomy of Kosovo and Vojvodina in
1989.

Franjo Tudjman, who would become the President of Croatia after the 1990 elections, argued that the change of communist rule and the establishment of an independent Croatia could be possible by establishing a link between the Ustasha sympathizers and the Partisans who participated in the anti-fascist struggle in the Second World War

The Croatian Democratic Union, founded by Franjo Tudjman in 1989, achieved success in the multi-party elections held in 1990, and the liquidation of Serbs from their positions at the state level started.

In Macedonia, according to the data of 1991, 64.6% of the population was Macedonians, 21% were Albanians, and the remaining part consisted of Turks, Roma, Serbs and other ethnic groups.

There were two main reasons behind the US intervention in the Kosovo Crisis through NATO. The first was to allow NATO to directly intervene in such matters by exposing the ineffectiveness of the UN as in the Bosnian Crisis. Second, the
issue of building a state after military intervention came to the fore for the first time after the Kosovo Crisis.

The Balkan policy of the EU after the Cold War and especially with the dissolution of the SFRY, was primarily related to the intervention of the crises that emerged within the dissolution process and then to the restructuring of the newly independent countries

In 1995, with a temporary agreement between Greece and Macedonia, Macedonia agreed to change its flag and make some changes to its constitution.

Although there is no significant difference between the Cold War period and the post-Cold War period when Turkey’s policies towards the Balkan countries were examined, it has been known that Turkey showed a relatively more active attitude

Tito founded Yugoslavia after winning victory in an internal rivalry.

Multi-ethnic structure of the country is considered as a structural reason for the dissolution of the republic.

Slovenia is the first republic to gain its independence from Yugoslavia

Croatia's independence was bloody due to the ethnic complexity and Serbia's support for Croatian Serbs.

Greece strongly opposed the official name of Macedonia, arguing that it is an infringement upon its territorial claims because some of its lands are also called Macedonia

Dayton Peace Accords ended the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Yugoslavia was one of the founding members of the non-aligned movement

NATO intervention was a major contribution to the settlement of the Kosovo crisis.

Russia and China favored the unity of Yugoslavia and for this reason, they staged strong opposition to any proposal towards intervention.