The European Union and the Dissolution of Yugoslavia

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Europska unija i raspad Jugoslavije
• Author: Luka Vujnović
• Mentor: Martin Previšić (mentor)
• Committee member: Goran Hutinec (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Hrvoje Klasić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of History); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-02-25, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; History

Abstract

The dissolution of Yugoslavia has been analyzed from many perspectives and in many disciplines of humanities and social sciences. The international community and its presence, endeavours and involvement in Yugoslavia remain of interest to scholars. The European Union played a significant role in the dissolution process as well, which was the main analytical interest of this thesis.
This thesis answers questions on the simultaneously evolving processes of European integration, and how European organizations that were products of this integration constructed and developed relations with a country that did not belong to either Cold War block, Yugoslavia. The thesis explores the relations between the numerous organisations of European integrations and Yugoslavia from the days of the COMINFORM period up to the violent disintegration, further explores the European approach during the Yugoslav crisis, and concludes with conducting a case study of the city of Mostar, and why the first European Union peacekeeping mission is deemed a failure.

Abstract (croatian)

Raspad Jugoslavije analiziran je iz mnogih perspektiva te iz točke gledište mnogobrojnih društvenih znanosti i disciplina humanistike. Međunarodna zajednica i njena prisutnost, pothvati i umiješanost u raspadu Jugoslavije i dalje je znanstvenicima zanimljiva tema. Europska unija je također odigrala bitnu ulogu u procesu raspada, što je glavna tema ovog diplomskog rada.
Rad odgovara na pitanja o istovremenim razvojnim procesima europske integracije te kako su europske organzacije koje su bile plod razvoja istih integracija stvorile i razvijale političke odnose s državom koja nije pripadala niti jednom bloku hladnog rata, Jugoslavijom. Rad istražuje odnose između mnogobrojnih organziacija europske integracije i Jugoslavije od doba INFORMBIROa do njenog naislnog raspada, nastavlja istraživanjem europskog pristupa jugoslavenskoj krizi, te završava studijom slučaja o gradu Mostaru i zašto se prva mirovna misija Europske unije smatra neuspjehom.

• Keywords: European Union; Yugoslavia; European integration; Disintegration of Yugoslavia; Diplomacy; Security
• Keywords (croatian): Europska unija; Jugoslavija; europska integracija; raspad Jugoslavije; međunarodna sigurnost
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:012596
• Study programme: Title: History (single major); specializations in: Research, Teaching; Course: Research; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra povijesti (magistar/magistra povijesti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-03-12 13:24:14