Analysis: The Disintegration Of Yugoslavia

The Disintegration of Yugoslavia
Introduction

As one of the most misrepresented series of major events in history, the disintegration of the Yugoslav state is an intricate event to follow due to the sheer number of parties involved and the consequent “systematically distorted” historical and journalistic narratives surrounding the subject. Still, however, this seems counter-intuitive, as Yugoslavia was always deemed to be an artificial state and its dissolution had seemed, at times, inevitable. Despite this, several characteristics made its dissolution quite distinct and complicated. For example, prior to conflict, Yugoslavia had survived a respectable 73 years, so its disintegration holds an intriguing element of suddenness. Additionally,

Economically, Yugoslavia was afflicted by a severe recession that eventually challenged its existence. By the end of the decade, Yugoslav economy was crippled by immense inflation, an exuberant unemployment rate, and a sizable foreign debt. Furthermore, the country was simultaneously under political pressure. Tito’s recognition of minority identities along with their home-republics was presumably supposed to be “dilute” Serb and Croat influence. However, that decision had seemingly backfired in the end. “By delegating new federals authorities to the republics”, Tito virtually captained the formation of new political figures who eventually utilized nationalistic ideals as a means of further expanding influence and authority. With the country failing on both political and economic level, Tito’s former party was delegitimized and spilt in a liberal and conservative faction. Subsequently, heightening political and economic pressure coupled with the formation of divergent nationalistic ideas from appointed political elites, lead to the failure of negotiations between the two parties and an eventual violent

The research paper is relatively, however, dating back to 1995, a few years after the dissolution of Yugoslavia. The paper was written by David Anderson and was distributed by the Parliamentary Research Service of Australia. This paper utilized to enlighten Member of the Australian Parliament and was prepared for distributing purposes. The paper’s greatest value is that it derives form a completely objective and neutral perspective (especially from such notoriously misrepresented series of event), that being the Australian Parliament (a rather reliable organization). The biggest limitation is that, as the paper discloses, the paper is written based on information which was present at the time of production, leaving the paper subject to change, especially if we consider its age. Another source I used, “Understanding Yugoslavia…” is a lengthy article devised to inform travels about why the form Yugoslavia state broke up. The article was published in 2012 and is prepared as an introduction to Yugoslav tourism. The largest limitation of this source is that it is intents are not solely academic and much more directed towards the general, despite that, however, the article is thorough and provides some meaningful insight on each event (shows relatively high sophistication and comprehension).The greatest value of this source is that