バルカニゼーション

noun

Balkanization

Political term for the fragmentation of a region or state into smaller, often hostile, units. Used in geopolitical and historical contexts.

See also: バルカン化 (バルカンか)

• 冷れい戦せん後ご、一いち部ぶの地ち域いきでバルカニゼーションが進すすんだ。

  After the Cold War, Balkanization progressed in some regions.