Balkanization

• “McINTYRE: Well, Tom, as you know, the term Balkanization started in the early 20th century to mean a big country being broken up into smaller, often hostile regions.”

  CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2007

• “The only parallel I can think of, in terms of subdividing things into non-viable states, is South Africa, with its process of Bantustanization (if Balkanization is a word, why not?).”

  Matthew Yglesias » Getting Closer to Nowhere

• “We are in danger in this country today of an intellectual 'Balkanization' - where people rigidly adhere to opinions and beliefs and refuse to accept or even acknowledge people who may hold different or opposing views.”

  OpEdNews - Diary: People Who Hate OpEdNews

• “The most dangerous word used in propaganda against us in 'Balkanization' -- as if to suggest that all these regions had become unstable and liable to Balkan quarrels.”

  Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921

• “The principle of self-determination, or what was facetiously termed the Balkanization of Europe, was at first applied to that territory and a semi-independent state created _in petto_ which was to contain eight million inhabitants and be linked with Poland.”

  The Inside Story of the Peace Conference

• “During the event, the candidate spoke out against the "Balkanization" of America and declared that Europe has already been "Islamicized.”

  Tancredo Confronted At Town Hall

• “A "Balkanization" or "Yugoslavization" of the Israeli conflict consisting of two steps: 1 Foreign occupation of the region by peacekeepers preferably from Europe (but not Turkey) and 2 Arrest of the suspects an international trial to discover guilty for the war crimes.”

  Israel in Trouble in 2009

• “Creating separate departments, says UCLA Provost Herbert Morris, encourages a "Balkanization" that the university wants to avoid.”

  Newsweek: Martyrs For Multiculturalism

• “Tsvi Golan Upplands Vasby, SwedenThe "Balkanization" of Microsoft as called for by the Feds is bad news for consumers.”

  Newsweek: Mourning For Microsoft

• “It still is, but it's under NATO occupation with plans to make it independent and complete the "Balkanization" of Yugoslavia.”

  Reviewing David Cromwell and David Edwards' "Guardians of Power"

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