Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
A series of conflicts in the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia resulting in mass atrocities, ethnic cleansing, and genocide, driven by new nationalisms in central and eastern Europe.
AP course connection
Topic 9.5: 9.5 Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Atrocities