The absence of Tito, followed by immense devolution of power to constituent republics and collective presidency pit Yugoslav republics again the Serbs and rendered the union dysfunctional. The rise of Slobodan Milosevic brought Serbian populist backlash against non-serb republics seeking to contain them down and brought full scale ethnic tension and the dissolution of League of All Communists in 1990. In the same year, communism fell and the democratic wave swept across Eastern Europe, prompting transition to democracy within Yugoslav republics, which empowers nationalism even more that flared tensions within Serbian population in non-Serb Republics, sparking Serbia's action and thus, war.
But say, had Communism lasted for a couple more years, between 2 to 4, would it simply mean delaying the meltdown until then? Or will Yugoslavia collapse even sooner then that?
But say, had Communism lasted for a couple more years, between 2 to 4, would it simply mean delaying the meltdown until then? Or will Yugoslavia collapse even sooner then that?