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This research analyzes the role of decentralization in the outbreak of conflict during the dissolution of Yugoslavia, contrasting it with the USSR.

June 20, 2026Open Access

Runaway Nation-Building: The International Logic of (De)centralization for the Outbreak of Conflict in Yugoslavia and the USSR

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This article reevaluates the outbreak of conflict in Yugoslavia, implicating decentralization and institutional arrangements as key factors.

This research analyzes the role of decentralization in the outbreak of conflict during the dissolution of Yugoslavia, contrasting it with the USSR.
Examines the institutional arrangements of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)
Compares the decentralization of coercive power in Yugoslavia to the Soviet Union
Discusses implications for contemporary Eastern European security and International Relations theory.
Posits that decentralization of the SFRY's coercive apparatus led to civil conflict, differing from the USSR's dissolution without war.
Challenges views that attribute conflict solely to nationalist mobilization, emphasizing institutional design instead.
Explores implications for understanding nationalism and ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe.

Daniel Markovic (2025) studied this question.

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This article reevaluates the outbreak of conflict in Yugoslavia, implicating decentralization and institutional arrangements as key factors.