Apr 2009Albania & Croatia joinNATO; France rejoins
Jun 2009–Dec 2011US troops withdrawnfrom Iraq
Apr–Oct 2010Revolution inKyrgyzstan
Apr 2010–pres.Sovereign-debt crisesacross Europedestabilize eurozone
May 2011US raid killsOsama bin Laden
Jul 2011Syrian Civil War starts
18–23 Feb 2014Pro-Western revolutionin Ukraine
27 Feb 2014Russia intervenesin Crimea