International studies, Vol. IX No. 4, 2009.
Review article
USA and South Eastern Europe - the Role of USA in Solving Political Crisis in Former Yugoslavia
Jadranka Polović
; Master of Arts in Political Sciences
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to explain the role and influence of the United States of America in solving military and political crisis as well as transitional processes in South Eastern Europe. The paper gives an overview of well-known historical events in order to explain circumstances in world politics and in international relations that influenced the dissolution of Yugoslavia, breaking of war and forming of American administration policy toward South Eastern Europe. In solving the crisis and stabilizing the area, U.S. continuously used an entire combination of political, diplomatic and military instruments crucial for the success of Clinton's administration that succeeded in imposing American leadership in the peace process. At the same time, the failure to combine these elements together with indecisiveness and lack of unity the leading member countries were the reason for a weak and never completely defined EU policy towards this area. Although the war stopped and new political arrangements were set, there is still a strong need for a political, historical and sociological research of this turbulent period in order to get a complete insight into up to now not well known facts and actions taken by main political players during these events.
Keywords
U.S.; dissolution of Yugoslavia; foreign policy priorities of American administrations; President Clinton; EU; Dayton Peace Agreement; Western Balkans
Hrčak ID:
291407
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2009.
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