Apr 2009Albania and Croatiajoin NATO. Francereintegrated into NATO
Jun 2009–Dec 2011US withdrawsfrom Iraq
23 Apr 2010–pres.Sovereign-debt crisesacross Europedestabilize eurozone
Dec 2010–Feb 2012“Arab Spring”: Unrestsweeps Arab world
Mar–Oct 2011NATO intervenesin Libyan civil war