1. Started as Kingdom of Yugoslavia
2. 1943-1992
   1. Socialist Federal REpublic of Yugoslavia
   2. Josip Tito
   3. Toward the death of Tito, the IMF "gave them" tons of money
3. Ethnic tensions
   1. You have many ethnic groups living in close quarters
   2. so you need money; and ethnic tensions rise.
4. Time Line
   1. 1991: SFRY
      1. Slovenia
      2. Croatia
      3. Bosnia & Herzegovina
      4. Macedonia
      5. Serbia
   2. 1992: Federal Rep. of Yugoslavia
      1. Serbia
      2. Montenegro
   3. 2002: Yugoslavia officially does not have UN representation
   4. 2006: Montenegro declares Independence
5. Yugoslav Wars
   1. Because there are first, serbs living in croatia that do not want to succeede
   2. the Yugoslave army disarms Croat army
   3. Croat militia fights Yugoslav army and Serb loyalists
   4. Slobodan Milosevic, president of Yugoslavia / Serbia
6. Kosovo
   1. Land Locked
   2. In Serbia
   3. Alleged removal of Ethnic Albanians
   4. This is Europe: February 2008
      1. Kosovo declares independence
         1. Recognize Independence
            1. EU
            2. Commonwealth of UK
            3. Japanese
            4. United States
         2. Do not Recognize
            1. Serbia
            2. Russia
         3. Majority of UN does not recognize them
   5. Ethnic Conflict
      1. Kosovars are Serbians by State
      2. Albanian by Ethnicity
      3. Muslim by Religion
      4. Speak Albanian Language
         1. Not related to serbian
         2. not close to intelligible
      5. Nation without a State