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Europe after the Cold War. Russia United Germany Eastern Europe European Union. Russian Federation. 1990s…finding its bearings Wealth inequality Corruption in the gov Learning to live under democracy 1999 to today…Putin Improved the economy Centralized power in the gov - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• Russia• United Germany• Eastern Europe• European Union
Europeafter theCold War
• 1990s…finding its bearings– Wealth inequality– Corruption in the gov– Learning to live under democracy
• 1999 to today…Putin – Improved the economy– Centralized power in the gov – Restricted 1st amendment rights
• Russia is an unfinished story…– 2006
• 66% of Russians regret end of USSR!
• Wished to leave the Russian Federation in 1991– Not allowed by
Russia• Oil infrastructure
needed • 2 wars fought
from 1991-2009– Ugly death total
Russia vsChechnya
• Signs of Unification– Deutsche mark of West
made currency for East too– Germans = at unification
• Unification Problems – East Germany in shambles
• Gov-run factories close• Unemployment high
– Prosperous West Germans force to pay higher taxes to rebuild East Germany
– Rebuilding debt led to cutback on social benefits
• Joined NATO• Most joined EU in
2004 & 2007• Ask for aid from West
to rebuild• Some countries keep
falling apart– Czechoslovakia splits
peacefully 1993– Yugoslavia
• Tito dies 1980• Ugly split in 1990• “Ethnic Cleansing” 1993
a. Lesson from WWI and WWII– showed Europe
needed to unite and stop competing economically
b. USA teaches Europe a lesson after WWII– Marshall Plan =
European economic cooperation
• Intergovernmental and supranational union of 27 democratic member states from the European Continent–Federation/
Confederation
• What issues did the 13 colonies have in 1776 that European countries had in the past few decades?
• Managed the joint production of basic resources– Set prices on coal & steel– Regulated coal and steel
industries– West Germany’s coal and
steel managed to create economic growth for all
• Cooperation > Competition– No more war…
• Promoted free trade amongst the 6 original nations– Reduced Trade
Barriers (Tariffs)• Created European
Parliament• All 6 nations’
economies benefit• Goal = “prevent
the race of…”
Why no?
• Schengen Agreement of 1985 abolished passport control and customs checks at many of the EU’s internal borders
• Created single space of movement for EU citizens
• Erasing borders = what problem?
Security
• Three Pillars– European communities
• Economic, Social & Environmental policies to follow
– Common Foreign & Security Policy• foreign policy & military
matters– Police & Judicial Co-
operation in Criminal Matters• fight against crime &
terrorism
• Created the Euro
Onlysomein the
EUusetheEuro
• 27 members today
• Small % of world’s population
• If considered a single unit, has one of the largest economies in the world
• Nationalism for your own country stronger than nationalism for Europe
• You are only as strong as your weakest link – http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watc
h/?id=7404666n&tag=pop;videos
• Together 50+ years…but…