The Yugoslavian Breakup: After Tito (Part 2)
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Yugoslavia's carefully balanced political system began to unravel following Tito's death in 1980, revealing critical institutional weaknesses when facing economic crisis without a strong central authority. Without a supreme arbiter to break deadlocks, the collective presidency's representatives from eight regions struggled to reach consensus on addressing mounting economic problems, creating a governance vacuum that allowed nationalist sentiments to resurface.
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Chapters
1. Presidency Meeting After Tito's Death (00:00:00)
2. Yugoslavia's Institutional Paralysis (00:03:52)
3. Economic Crisis and Living Standards (00:06:04)
4. Rising Nationalist Narratives (00:10:26)
5. Milosevic's Kosovo Moment (00:17:34)
6. Spiral of Nationalism (00:22:12)
7. Media War and Reality Tunnels (00:25:36)
8. Final Act of Yugoslavia (00:29:31)
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