The End of Communism

Optimism high at the end of Communism

Peace process begins in Northern Ireland in 1995

Balkan War in former Yugoslavia in 1995

United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997

President Bill Clinton's sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky and his impeachment in 1998 takes the entire year

Second Congo War begins in 1998 and lasts until 2002

High economic growth among many first world nations

Oil and gas discovered in former Soviet bloc countries

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