Soon after, war broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan, followed by fighting in Transdniestria and Chechnya. While some conflicts were addressed – the West finally intervened militarily in the former Yugoslavia; and Russia fought in Chechnya for almost a decade, and imposed peace in Transdniestria – others, such as that between Armenia and Azerbaijan, were simply frozen again.
内部对峙不断升级的南斯拉夫成为第一个因冲突而消亡的国家。不久后，亚美尼亚和阿塞拜疆之间爆发战争，随后，特涅斯特沿岸（Transdniestria）和车臣之间也燃起了战火。一些冲突得到了解决——最终，西方以武力干预前南斯拉夫；而俄罗斯对车臣动武已逾十年，也给特涅斯特沿岸带来了和平——但其他冲突，如亚美尼亚和阿塞拜疆之间的冲突，仅仅被再次冻结了。