Abstract
The end of the Cold War was supposed to bring peace to Europe. The euphoria did not last long. Ethnic nationalism exploded in many parts of Eastern Europe. War erupted in the former Yugoslavia in mid-1991. Then violent conflicts and civil war broke out in the disintegrating Soviet Union. Tensions developed between other states in the region, often over the treatment of ethnic minorities.
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Smith, K.E. (1999). Conflict Prevention. In: The Making of EU Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375741_7
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