The Collapse of the Soviet Union and Conflict in the Middle East
1. 1989
-------- Soviet Union is dissolved Terrorist attack on the United States and declaration of a “war against terrorism” Russian troops invade Chechnya The Berlin Wall falls United States invades Iraq; the West divides on this policy Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia War in the Persian Gulf Civil war erupts in the former Yugoslavia; failed coup by Communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union
2. 1990–1991
-------- Soviet Union is dissolved Terrorist attack on the United States and declaration of a “war against terrorism” Russian troops invade Chechnya The Berlin Wall falls United States invades Iraq; the West divides on this policy Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia War in the Persian Gulf Civil war erupts in the former Yugoslavia; failed coup by Communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union
3. 1991
-------- Soviet Union is dissolved Terrorist attack on the United States and declaration of a “war against terrorism” Russian troops invade Chechnya The Berlin Wall falls United States invades Iraq; the West divides on this policy Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia War in the Persian Gulf Civil war erupts in the former Yugoslavia; failed coup by Communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union
4. 1992
-------- Soviet Union is dissolved Terrorist attack on the United States and declaration of a “war against terrorism” Russian troops invade Chechnya The Berlin Wall falls United States invades Iraq; the West divides on this policy Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia War in the Persian Gulf Civil war erupts in the former Yugoslavia; failed coup by Communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union
5. 1994
-------- Soviet Union is dissolved Terrorist attack on the United States and declaration of a “war against terrorism” Russian troops invade Chechnya The Berlin Wall falls United States invades Iraq; the West divides on this policy Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia War in the Persian Gulf Civil war erupts in the former Yugoslavia; failed coup by Communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union
6. 2000
-------- Soviet Union is dissolved Terrorist attack on the United States and declaration of a “war against terrorism” Russian troops invade Chechnya The Berlin Wall falls United States invades Iraq; the West divides on this policy Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia War in the Persian Gulf Civil war erupts in the former Yugoslavia; failed coup by Communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union
7. 2001
-------- Soviet Union is dissolved Terrorist attack on the United States and declaration of a “war against terrorism” Russian troops invade Chechnya The Berlin Wall falls United States invades Iraq; the West divides on this policy Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia War in the Persian Gulf Civil war erupts in the former Yugoslavia; failed coup by Communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union
8. 2003
-------- Soviet Union is dissolved Terrorist attack on the United States and declaration of a “war against terrorism” Russian troops invade Chechnya The Berlin Wall falls United States invades Iraq; the West divides on this policy Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia War in the Persian Gulf Civil war erupts in the former Yugoslavia; failed coup by Communist hard-liners in the Soviet Union