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I was curious if there was anyway the breakup of Yugoslavia could be hastened after I wasted most of my time with my Croatian psychologist talking about Tito?

If, say, the death of Tito in 1981 was followed by a failure of the successors to hold Yugoslavia together for as long as they did OTL, would the USSR/Eastern Bloc intervene? After all, Russia, despite its then weakened position, was still a major benefactor for the Serbs in the mid 1990s to my understanding. Would that play out the same way on a grander scale if the wars started in 1985?

Similarly, what could possibly accelerate the splintering of Yugoslavia post Tito?
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