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Post Cold War 1990s
Post Cold War 1990s
International Trade
Economically united Europe becomes the largest
trading market
China becomes most important export country
World trade organization and NATO attempt to
help create free trade
China
Most important trading country in the world
China enters WTO
Haiti
US intervened in Haiti but did not accomplish the
goals of eliminating poverty and helping democracy
Somalia
Safe Havens for Iraqi Kurds
US began a manhunt for somalian warllord
Yugoslavia
Slovenia and Croatia declared independence
The socialist republic ceased to exist
Iraq
Iraq's brash requests alarmed Arab states
Iraq and Iran could not come to peace terms
Israel
US tried to help with negotiations and failed both
times which caused violence
Northern Ireland
Belfast Agreement of 1998
Stalemate between the IRA and the
British security forces
Africa
Centralized government control over economic
matters
AIDS infects 6 million
Ethiopia and Somalia abandoned by world powers
Russia
"shock therapy"
Boris Yeltsin elected
USSR dissolves 1991