Period 3333.2332 (1985–2010)

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  • The period of the world hegemon’s triumph.
  • Nuclear disarmament.
  • Devolutions.
  • Humanitarian wars.
  • Colour revolutions.
  • Political capitalism of the world hegemon.
  • Reduction of barriers to trade.
  • Delocalizations.
  • Democratization.
  • Liberalization.
  • “End of History”.
  • “Clash of Civilizations”.
  • Cosmopolitanism.
  • Pacifism.
  • Formal multilateralism.

1. 1985–1994

11. 1985–1988

  • 16 February 1985 South Lebanon conflict.
  • 11 March 1985 Election of Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • 20 February 1986 Acquisition of AC Milan by Silvio Berlusconi.
  • 2 October 1986 Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act.
  • 27 October 1986 Assisi meeting of World Religions.
  • 28 May 1987 Cessna landing in Red Square.
  • 8 December 1987 First Intifada.
  • 1987 Gocciole Pavesi. Popular Italian cookies.
  • 14 April 1988 Geneva Accords.

12. 1988–1992

  • February 1989 Unveiling of the Mazda MX-5.
  • 6 April 1989 Polish Round Table Agreement.
  • 28 June 1989 Gazimestan speech of Slobodan Milošević.
  • June 1989 Casio F-91W. Most sold watch in the world.
  • 9 November 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall.
  • 10 December 1989 Slow Food manifesto.
  • 2 August 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
  • 2 November 1990 Transnistria War.
  • 17 January 1991 Operation Desert Storm.
  • 1 March 1991 Iraqi uprisings.
  • 27 August 1991 Moldovan Declaration of Independence.
  • 30 October 1991 Madrid Conference.
  • 8 December 1991 Belovezha Accords. Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
  • 1991 Launch of Kinder Milk Slice. First Italian chilled snack.

13. 1992–1994

  • 7 February 1992 Maastricht Treaty. Establishment of the European Union.
  • September 1992 First issue of Cigar Aficionado. Cigar boom.
  • 6 December 1992 Demolition of the Babri Masjid.
  • 17 December 1992 North American Free Trade Agreement.
  • 1993 William Perry’s “Last Supper”.
  • 13 September 1993 Oslo I Accord.

2. 1994–2004

21. February 1994–March 1996

  • 11 February 1994 First Markale massacre. First crisis between Russia and NATO.
  • 25 February 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.
  • 28 February 1994 Banja Luka incident. First combat action in NATO’s history.
  • 1 March 1994 First appearance of Majin Buu. Majin Buu looks like a caricature of the contemporary USA: dreadfully powerful and temperamental.
  • 18 March 1994 Washington Agreement. End of the Croat-Bosniak War.
  • 20 March 1994 Assassination of Ilaria Alpi.
  • 27 March 1994 Silvio Berlusconi wins the Italian general election. Start of the Italian Second Republic.
  • 7 April 1994 Rwandan genocide.
  • 15 April 1994 Marrakech Agreement. Reduction of tariffs and other barriers to trade.
  • 26 April 1994 Nelson Mandela wins the South African general election.
  • 4 May 1994 Gaza–Jericho Agreement. Construction of the Gaza–Israel barrier.
  • 10 July 1994 Alexander Lukashenko wins the Belarusian presidential election.
  • 1 October 1994 Independence of Palau from the USA.
  • 17 October 1994 Assassination of Dmitry Kholodov.
  • 26 October 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty.
  • 8 November 1994 Republican Revolution.
  • 26 November 1994 Battle of Grozny.
  • 5 December 1994 Budapest speech of Boris Yeltsin. Yeltsin publicly accuses Clinton to plunge Europe into a cold peace.
  • 5 December 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus abandon their nuclear arsenal.
  • 11 December 1994 Russian invasion of Chechnya. Start of the First Chechen War.
  • 1995 Jihad vs. McWorld by Benjamin Barber. Struggle between global neoliberalism and national traditions.
  • 19 January 1995 Russian conquest of the ruins of the Presidential Palace of Grozny.
  • 10 May 1995 1995 Moscow Summit. Yeltsin asks to slow down NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and Clinton replies «Let me be clear, Boris, don’t ask us to slow down or we’ll just have to keep saying no».
  • 14 May 1995 1995 Belarusian referendum. Belarusian integration with Russia and rejection of nationalism.
  • 14 June 1995 Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis.
  • 11 July 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
  • 21 July 1995 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. The biggest display of US military might in Asia since the Vietnam War.
  • 28 August 1995 Second Markale massacre.
  • 30 August 1995 Operation Deliberate Force. NATO’s first aerial bombing campaign.
  • 10 September 1995 Miss International 1995. The Vietnamese áo dài wins the most beautiful national costume prize.
  • 28 September 1995 Oslo II Accord.
  • 4 November 1995 Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
  • 21 November 1995 Dayton Agreement. End of Bosnian War.
  • 1996 The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington. The post-Cold War world will feature cultural and religious conflicts.
  • 27 January 1996 Xouthos test. Last French nuclear test.
  • 16 February 1996 San Andrés Accords.
  • 28 February 1996 Russia joins the Council of Europe.

22. March 1996–August 1999

  • 21 April 1996 Assassination of Dzhokhar Dudayev.
  • 26 April 1996 Shanghai Five. China-Russia strategic partnership.
  • 12 May 1996 «We think the price is worth it» (Madeleine Albright). In an interview, the USA ambassador to the United Nations defends the sanctions against Iraq even if they have caused the death of half a million children.
  • 26 May 1996 1996 Indianapolis 500. The Split.
  • 29 May 1996 Benjamin Netanyahu wins the Israeli general election.
  • 16 June 1996 Boris Yeltsin wins the Russian presidential election. Clinton had supported his electoral campaign.
  • July 1996 Launch of the Citroën Berlingo I. Success of the leisure activity vehicle in Europe.
  • 23 August 1996 Osama Bin Laden’s declaration of Jihad against the United States.
  • 30 August 1996 Khasavyurt Accord. End of the First Chechen War.
  • 3 September 1996 Operation Desert Strike.
  • 27 September 1996 Taliban capture of Kabul.
  • 5 November 1996 Bill Clinton wins the US presidential election.
  • 1997 Dot-com bubble.
  • 28 February 1997 1997 Turkish military memorandum.
  • 15 March 1997 Bassanini reform. Italian administrative decentralization and regional devolution.
  • 24 April 1997 Treaty on Reduction of Military Forces in Border Regions.
  • 1 May 1997 Tony Blair wins the United Kingdom general election.
  • 3 May 1997 Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov second match. First computer program to defeat a world champion.
  • 20 May 1997 Russian-Chinese Joint Declaration on a Multipolar World and the Establishment of a New International Order.
  • 3 June 1997 Project for the New American Century.
  • 1 July 1997 Handover of Hong Kong.
  • 2 July 1997 1997 Asian financial crisis.
  • 8 July 1997 1997 Madrid summit. Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic (former Warsaw Pact states) invited to join NATO.
  • 21 August 1997 Assassination of Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai.
  • 11 September 1997 1997 Scottish devolution referendum.
  • 18 September 1997 1997 Welsh devolution referendum.
  • 18 September 1997 Mostar car bombing.
  • 17 November 1997 Luxor massacre.
  • 1997 «Red Bull gives you wings». Global launch of Red Bull.
  • 1997 Maurizio Cattelan’s Novecento.
  • 26 January 1998 Bill Clinton denies to have had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.
  • January 1998 Launch of the Fiat Multipla.
  • 10 April 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Northern Irish devolution.
  • 7 August 1998 United States embassy bombings.
  • 14 August 1998 Taliban capture of Mazar-i-Sharif.
  • 17 August 1998 1998 Russian financial crisis.
  • 20 August 1998 Operation Infinite Reach.
  • 23 September 1998 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199.
  • 27 September 1998 1998 German federal elections. Victory of the SPD-Green coalition.
  • October 1998 Launch of the Smart Fortwo.
  • 3 October 1998 1998 abduction of foreign engineers in Chechnya.
  • 8 December 1998 Withdrawal of Unocal from CentGas.
  • 19 December 1998 Impeachment of Bill Clinton.
  • 1 January 1999 Introduction of euro as an accounting currency.
  • 15 January 1999 Račak massacre.
  • 12 March 1999 Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary officially join NATO.
  • 18 March 1999 Rambouillet Accords.
  • 24 March 1999 NATO aerial bombing of Yugoslavia.
  • 27 March 1999 F-117A shootdown.
  • 17 April 1999 Assassination of Milica Rakić.
  • 3 May 1999 Kargil War.
  • 7 May 1999 US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
  • 13 May 1999 German Green Party congress. The Green Party, led by Joschka Fischer, supports the bombing of Serbia (it used to be a pacifist party).
  • 9 June 1999 Kumanovo Agreement. End of the Kosovo war.
  • 7 August 1999 Chechen invasion of Dagestan. Start of the Second Chechen War.
  • 9 August 1999 Appointment of Vladimir Putin as prime minister of Russia.

23. August 1999–March 2004

  • 26 August 1999 Russian aerial bombing of Chechnya.
  • 4 September 1999 Russian apartment bombings.
  • 1 October 1999 Russian invasion of Chechnya.
  • 12 December 1999 Fall of Hassan Al-Turabi.
  • 6 February 2000 Russian capture of Grozny.
  • 25 February 2000 Three Represents.
  • 26 March 2000 Vladimir Putin wins the Russian presidential election.
  • 25 May 2000 Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. Hezbollah victory.
  • 14 August 2000 Canonization of Nicholas II of Russia.
  • 16 September 2000 Kidnapping of Georgiy Gongadze.
  • 28 September 2000 Second Intifada.
  • 5 October 2000 Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević. The first colour revolution.
  • 12 October 2000 USS Cole bombing.
  • October 2000 Launch of the Nokia 3310.
  • 7 November 2000 George H. W. Bush wins the US presidential election.
  • 16 February 2001 February 2001 airstrike in Iraq.
  • 26 February 2001 Treaty of Nice.
  • 13 May 2001 Silvio Berlusconi wins the Italian general election.
  • 7 June 2001 Tony Blair wins the United Kingdom general election.
  • 15 June 2001 Formation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
  • 16 July 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship.
  • 9 September 2001 Assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud.
  • 11 September 2001 September 11 attacks.
  • 7 October 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan.
  • 7 October 2001 Italian constitutional referendum. Italian decentralization to regions.
  • 17 October 2001 Assassination of Rehavam Ze’evi.
  • 11 December 2001 China’s accession to the World Trade Organization.
  • 19 December 2001 Argentinazo.
  • 1 January 2002 Entry into circulation of the euro.
  • 12 January 2002 Girotondi in Italy.
  • 29 January 2002 “Axis of evil” speech of George W. Bush.
  • 27 February 2002 Godhra train burning.
  • 20 March 2002 Assassination of Ibn al-Khattab.
  • 11 April 2002 2002 Venezuelan coup d’état attempt.
  • 28 May 2002 Pratica di Mare summit. NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western Alliance.
  • 13 June 2002 US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty.
  • 23 October 2002 Moscow theatre hostage crisis.
  • 8 November 2002. 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Transition of power from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao.
  • 21 November 2002 2002 Prague summit. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (former USSR states) invited to join NATO.
  • 12 March 2003 Global alert for SARS by WHO.
  • 20 March 2003 Iraq War.
  • 23 March 2003 Adoption of the Constitution of the Chechen republic.
  • 15 October 2003 Shenzhou 5. First Chinese crewed spaceflight mission.
  • 25 October 2003 Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s arrest.
  • 26 October 2003 Ramadan Offensive.
  • 3 November 2003 Rose Revolution.
  • 12 November 2003 2003 Nasiriyah bombing.
  • 11 March 2004 2004 Madrid train bombings.

3. 2004–2010

  • Subcompact car boom.

31. 2004–2007

  • 4 April 2004 Iraq Spring fighting.
  • 4 April 2004 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix. First Formula One race held in the Middle East.
  • 2004 The Pentagon’s New Map by Thomas P. M. Barnett.
  • 1 September 2004 Beslan school siege.
  • 29 October 2004 Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.
  • 22 November 2004 Orange Revolution.
  • February 2005 Launch of the Toyota Vitz XP90 (Yaris). Subcompact car boom, due to demand for fuel-efficiency.
  • 19 April 2005 Election of Benedict XVI.
  • 29 May 2005 French European Constitution referendum.
  • 1 June 2005 Dutch European Constitution referendum.
  • 24 June 2005 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins the Iranian presidential election.
  • 2005 Launch of the Renault Clio III. First large subcompact car, longer than 4 metres (followed by Fiat Grande Punto, Peugeot 207 and Opel Corsa D).
  • 15 August 2005 Israeli Gaza Strip evacuation.
  • 12 July 2006 Lebanon War.

32. 2007–2008

  • 10 February 2007 Munich speech of Vladimir Putin.
  • 2 April 2007 Bankruptcy of New Century Financial. Subprime mortgage crisis.
  • 27 April 2007 Cyberattacks on Estonia.
  • 10 June 2007 Battle of Gaza.
  • 29 June 2007 Launch of the iPhone.
  • 4 July 2007 Unveiling of the Fiat 500 (2007).
  • 22 August 2007 “Confluence of Two Seas” speech of Shinzo Abe. Initiation of the first Quad.
  • 14 September 2007 Northern Rock bank run.
  • 27 November 2007 Annapolis Conference.
  • 13 December 2007 Treaty of Lisbon.
  • 5 February 2008 Kevin Rudd–Yang Jiechi meeting. End of the first Quad.
  • 2 April 2008 Bucharest Summit.
  • 7 August 2008 Russo-Georgian War.
  • 14 December 2008 George W. Bush shoeing incident.

33. 2008–2010

  • 27 December 2008 Operation Cast Lead.
  • 6 March 2009 Russian reset.
  • 5 July 2009 Ürümqi riots.
  • 3 October 2009 Foundation of the Organization of Turkic States.
  • 10 October 2009 Zurich Protocols.
  • March 2010 Unveiling of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta.
  • 3 April 2010 Launch of the iPad.
  • 8 April 2010 New START.
  • 31 May 2010 Gaza flotilla raid.
  • 9 June 2010 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929. The USA, Russia and China agree on sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program.
  • 9 June 2010 Launch of the Nissan Juke. Beginning of the success of subcompact crossover SUVs.
  • 17 June 2010 Discovery of Stuxnet.
  • 17 June 2010 XIV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Eeben Barlow discusses the opportunity of private military companies in Africa with Russian military officials.

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