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All the ethnic problems happening in the whole of Yugoslavia were happening inside of Bosnia too, as the ethnic mixture was important. Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs were all a majority in certain parts of the country. Therefore, when there was independent wars in Croatia and Slovenia, Bosnia wanted to be independent too, but the croats and serbs both wanted to be part of their respective country. So it was a war linked to ethnicity, and it was all the more violent

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Describe Ibrahim Rugova as a leader.(Efekan)

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Describe Ibrahim Rugova as a leader.(Efekan)

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Rugova was president of Kosovo between 1992 and 2006. he wasn't looking like the type of guy who would change history, His office was a bungalow behind a football stadium in Pristina. He was hailed by some as the "Gandhi of the Balkans"; with his trademark silk scarf, and a cigarette in his hand, he cultivated a bohemian air. A journalist once described him disparagingly as "a kind of loser who sat in a corner drinking too much coffee". However he managed to grow the inspiration of around 2 million albanians, which led to the independence of kosovo

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How did the war in Bosnia affect Kosovo’s situation? 

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How did the war in Bosnia affect Kosovo’s situation? 

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It increased Albanian nationalism and the want of the Kosovars to fight .

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Kosovo got ignored by the International community due to the war of Bosnia and the choice of peaceful resistance

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Due to the massacre in the war of Bosnia, the leader of Kosovo refused to support Croats by raising a rebellion against the Serbs in the early 1990s and chose to resist peacefully, to avoid the Ethinic Cleansing to Kosovo

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How did the term ethnicity affect the wars?

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How did the term ethnicity affect the wars?

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Although Slovenia was the state that led the way, it was in Croatia that most of the problems developed. This was partially due to the fact that, ethnically, Slovenia had hardly any Serbs living in its territory.  Many ethnic Serbs living within Yugoslavia's borders wished Croatia to remain a part of Yugoslavia.

due to ethnic hatred quickly coming to the surface,  It soon became clear that this first war in Croatia (1991) was going to be bloody.

the Milosevic government was not as concerned about Slovenia's independence, given the small number of ethnic Serbs in the country. the Serb minority objected to any situation that might leave them as a minority in an independent state.

Prior to the outbreak of war in the summer of 1992, Karadzic, with the support of Milosevic in Serbia, created a Serb army in Bosnia; when fighting did break out, Bosnian Serbs began a policy of "cleansing" large areas of Bosnia of non-Serbs. The term "ethnic cleansing" came to the fore

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In what ways was Kosovo’s move for independence different from the developments in Slovenia and Croatia? 

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In what ways was Kosovo’s move for independence different from the developments in Slovenia and Croatia? 

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Croatia and Slovenia had a war for independence. Both Tudjman and Milosevic decided that force was the way to go. Meanwhile, Kosovo's Ibrahim Rugova believed that fighting is not the way to go. Kosovo was drowning in rebels and was trying it's best to deal with the serbs on it's territory that dealing with other states was impossible. "We believe it's better to do nothing and stay alive than to be massacred". Kosovo split from Serbia in 2008 after a bloody war in 1998 and nearly a decade of international administration. Triggered by a brutal crackdown by Serb forces against Kosovan separatists, the war saw about 10,000 ethnic Albanians die before ending with a 78-day Nato bombing campaign. 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Republic of Kosovo to be a state independent from Serbia, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo.

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After separating from Yugoslavia, Tudjman won the elections and decided to solve problems with Serbia by force. Fights were with the Croat government against the rebel ethnic serbs in Krajina supported by the serb controlled Yugoslav people's army or JNA. Civilians were quickly brought up in the conflict and brutality was very common on both sides.

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It considered itself longly as the most developed country in Yugoslavia. The war only lasted 10 days which was very short. In June 1991, the Slovenian government took control of the republic's border post and the international airport on the capital. After three days of mass casualties on both sides, the European community took action and proposed a cease-fire. Eventually both sides agreed ion the 7th of July. Slovenes were ready for the international community to intervene and they were correct. They also knew Serbia wasn't concerned due to the low percentage of ethnic serbs in the country. This officially recognised Slovenia as an independent state.

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Compare & contrast the war in Slovenia & Croatia

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Compare & contrast the war in Slovenia & Croatia

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Then war in Slovenia lasted just for ten days and with very few casualties. The European community took actions after only three days and a ceasefire was agreed. The small numbers of ethnic Serbs in Slovenia made the independence less of importance for the Milosevic government. And at the same Tim the international community  there were more urgent matters as the invasion of Kuwait and the coup in Soviet.

The war in Croatia was much more bloody and involved civilians as well. There were ethnic conflicts and brutality targeting civilian areas and the towns of Dubrovnik and Split were bombed and much cultural heritage was destroyed.