The Great DivideWhat happened to the former Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia

•Break-up of the state was tolerated

•People were regretful

•Legislative decision agreed upon by both countries

Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia

•Extended fighting

•Diverse community

•Weak center with strong republics

•Religious and ethnic conflicts

Split during the 1990’s

Included a series of

republics

•Systematic division of military and state land

•Finished within a few months

Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia

•Ethnic cleansing

•Concentration camps

•Lasted years

National-federal

structure

Each separate country has applied or

already become a member of

the EU

The Great DivideWhat happened to the former Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia

Sources

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/141-the-violent-dissolution-yugoslavia-comparative-perspective

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/map/yugoslavia/

http://www.okno.com/ewltr/archive/vol1/cz-divorce-v1n4.pdf