Definition of "balkanization" [balkanization]

• Alternative capitalization of Balkanization (noun)

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• "The term balkanization comes from the name of the Balkan Peninsula, which was divided into several small nations in the early twentieth century."
• "The curious notion that in balkanization, protectionism and parochialism there is strength, flies in the face of history."
• "Let's be clear: Israeli strategic planners such as Oded Yinon have called the balkanization of the entire middle east in order to make way for "Greater Israel"."