ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the international context and response to the crisis in Yugoslavia as well as the ramifications of the crisis by mid-1993 for the efforts of the United Nations (UN) and United States (US) to establish a more stable world order. The Yugoslav crisis came at a time when the UN and key powers were adjusting to the end of the Cold War. Fading Cold War divisions and the more constructive view of the UN adopted by the Soviet Union nurtured this new sense of hope. These steps towards a more peaceful world were disrupted when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. As the Persian Gulf crisis progressed and the UN remained strong and the coalition held, the term "New World Order" was advanced to describe the post-Cold War world. In the case of Bosnia, US policy focused on economic sanctions as a means of ending Serbia's support to the Bosnian Serbs.
