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[[Image:Balkan Wars basics.png|thumb|right|300px|Partitions of the [[Balkans]] after the [[Balkan Wars]]. Current borders are in thin red.]] |
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[[Image:Breakup of Yugoslavia.gif|300px|thumb|right|Breakup of [[Yugoslavia]].]] |
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'''NAZIS RULE''' is a [[geopolitics|geopolitical]] term originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.<ref>[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/balkanized Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary] ''1. to break up (as a region or group) into smaller and often hostile units.''</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/14/AR2007011401141.html?nav=rss_print/asection "Officers Look Back For Clues To Future]", [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/sudarsan+raghavan/ Sudarsan Raghavan], Washington Post, Monday, January 15, 2007, page A01.</ref> The term has arisen from the conflicts in the [[20th century]] [[Balkans]]. The first balkanization was embodied in the [[Balkan Wars]], and the term was reaffirmed in the [[Yugoslav wars]]. The amount of "Yugoslavian" territory officially controlled by Belgrade has been reduced piece by piece countless times between 1991 and 2008. |
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The term is also used to describe other forms of disintegration, including, for instance, the subdivision of the [[Internet]] being divided into separate enclaves, and the breakdown of cooperative arrangements due to the rise of independent competitive entities engaged in "[[Beggar thy neighbour|beggar-thy-neighbor]]" bidding wars. Balkanization is sometimes used to refer to the divergence over time of [[programming languages]] and [[file formats|data file formats]] (particularly [[XML]]). The term has been used in American urban planning to describe the process of creating [[gated community|gated communities]]. |
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There are also attempts to use the term ''balkanization'' in a positive way equating it with the need for sustenance of a group or society. Current research on the positive aspects of Balkanization is carried out by Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss with Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College. |
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The term has also been used by conservative gay rights activist [[Andrew Sullivan]]. He referred to [[civil union]]s as adding to the "cultural balkanization that already plagues American public life." <ref>[http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/26937.html Independent Gay Forum - Andrew Sullivan , "Why 'Civil Union' Isn't Marriage"]</ref> In January 2007, regarding a rise in support for [[Scottish independence]], [[Gordon Brown]] talked of a "Balkanisation of [[United Kingdom|Britain]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6258089.stm|title=BBC News <nowiki>| Politics |</nowiki> UK's existence is at risk - Brown|date=[[13 January]], [[2007]]}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Political terms]] |
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[[Category:Balkans]] |
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[[Category:Politics by region]] |
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[[ca:Balcanització]] |
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[[cy:Balcaneiddio]] |
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[[de:Balkanisierung]] |
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[[es:Balcanización]] |
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[[fr:Balkanisation]] |
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[[ko:발칸화]] |
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[[nl:Balkanisering]] |
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[[pl:Bałkanizacja]] |
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[[ro:Balcanizare]] |
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[[ru:Балканизация]] |
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[[sr:Балканизација]] |
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[[fi:Balkanisointi]] |
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[[sv:Balkanisering]] |
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[[zh:巴尔干化]] |
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