In the late 80s of the 20th century, the international economic crisis swept almost the world, and Yugoslavia was inevitably affected
In order to gain a foothold in this complex international situation, the Yugoslav government had to negotiate with Western countries, hoping that Western countries would lend a hand.
However, a supposedly humanitarian international aid, Western countries brought political conditions, they demanded that Yugoslavia abandon one-party dictatorship and implement a multi-party system, and finally because of this unreasonable condition, the Yugoslav Federation had to give up the illusion of asking Western countries for help.
Seeing that they could not achieve a plan, the Western countries began to negotiate with various local governments on their own, taking advantage of the difficulties faced by Yugoslavia to put pressure on some of the weak-willed government leaders, emphasizing that it was the mistakes of the Yugoslav Communist Party that led to today's results.
As the contradictions within the Yugoslav federation gradually rose, the Yugoslav ruling party faced great pressure, and they had to negotiate with the Western countries again, but by this time the Western countries, which had already taken the initiative, raised their own conditions.
They demanded that, in addition to abandoning one-party rule, the Yugoslav Communist Party must withdraw from the army, ensure that the army is not mixed with any political factors, and economically follow the Western countries and adopt shock therapy.
At this time, Yugoslavia had no way out, so it had to fully accept the requirements of Western countries, but shock therapy did not make their economy improve in the slightest, but caused all walks of life in society to fall into a state of almost paralysis, the economy became more and more sluggish, and the society fell into a state of chaos.
After abandoning one-party rule, more than 400 political parties, large and small, emerged in Yugoslavia in less than a year, and even the republic began to hold multiparty elections.
From this time on, the Yugoslav Federation was already in a state of existence in name only.
Since the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1992, many scholars have analyzed the reasons for the disintegration of Yugoslavia, including economic roots, ideological roots, and political roots.
But the broader understanding is that these factors are considered together, which is the result of qualitative changes caused by quantitative changes.
But whatever the reason, the dissolution of the Yugoslav federation sounded the alarm for all countries in the world, especially the socialist countries ruled by the Communist Party, and maintained a high degree of vigilance against the invasion of Western capitalism.
So what happened to the seven countries and regions that became independent from Yugoslavia today?
In June 2006, with the declaration of independence by Montenegro, the State of Serbia was also declared independent, and the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro was dissolved, and Serbia became the legal successor state of the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
At the same time, since the end of the Kosovo war in 1999, Kosovo has been separated from the de facto administration of the Republic of Serbia and has become an area under the protection of the United Nations, at which time Serbia has been vividly compressed into a small, landlocked country.
Today, Serbia has a total land area of only 80,000 square kilometers and a population of only 7 million. Looking at Europe, Serbia is clearly no longer the glamour of the past, and it is a country that is easy to overlook.
In 2009, Serbia applied to join the European Union.
The EU can provide them with better development space, at the same time, it can also provide member states with a variety of generous treatment, which is of great help to its landlocked countries, geographical shortcomings, after all, many other countries around Serbia have joined the EU organization, so Serbia considers that if they are in the same camp, they can also facilitate negotiations with other countries to stimulate the country's economic development.
Although Serbia's accession to the European Union has been hampered by the historical issue of Kosovo, they have never stopped seeking a path of economic development.
Previously, Serbia's economic development was mainly focused on the service sector, accounting for about 63% of GDP, but due to the economic sanctions imposed after the first dissolution of the Yugoslav Federation, Serbia's infrastructure suffered serious damage during the war, affecting the development of the domestic service industry.
It was not until after the 21st century that Serbia's economy improved with the development of industry and agriculture.
Nowadays, more and more foreign companies have invested in Serbia, including Austria, the United States, Greece, Norway and Germany, among which countries have invested billions in Serbia.
However, due to the lack of a perfect real industry, Serbia is still facing a severe test in maintaining stable economic growth.
At the same time, for the current Serbian President Vučić, how to balance the relationship between Western countries and China is still a very serious problem
