Southeast Europe

Map of Southeastern Europe. Dark green represents a narrow definition. Light green countries are included in broader definitions.
Topological map of the Balkan Peninsula

Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a designation mostly for the countries of the Balkans.

From the 1990s onwards, in part due to the negative historical and political connotations of the term Balkans, especially since the wars and massacres of the 1990s in  Yugoslavia in the western half of the region, the term Southeast Europe is becoming increasingly popular.

References

  1. ↑ Lampe, John R. (2005). Balkans into Southeastern Europe: A Century of War and Transition. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-0333793466.
  2. ↑ "Politics and culture in Southeastern Europe: the 2003 Balkan Studies Seminars in Olympia". Kokkalis Foundation. 7 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Balkanize". merriam-webster.com.
  4. ↑ Altić, Mirela Slukan (2011). "Hrvatska kao zapadni Balkan – geografska stvarnost ili nametnuti identitet?" [Croatia as a Part of the Western Balkans – Geographical Reality or Enforced Identity?]. Društvena Istraživanja (in Croatian). 20 (2): 401–413. doi:10.5559/di.20.2.06.
  5. ↑ Bideleux, Robert; Ian Jeffries (2007). A history of Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-415-36627-4.