As in Iraq, an American withdrawal would potentially unleash forces of Balkanization.

Syria s balkanization among the country s diverse ethnic and religious groups is a clearly predictable result.

Only the presence of foreign troops slows the further balkanization of the country s already fractious politics.

Disintegration and thus the Balkanization of Iraq? Will it really be possible to limit the disaster to Iraq itself?

For Iraq s disintegration would be hard to contain indeed, it could bring about a thorough balkanization of the region.

Whatever the new wave s limitations, its borderless online conversations are offsetting the region s political, religious, social, and cultural balkanization.

We are also participating in and contributing to the consolidation of peace and stability in countries threatened by fragmentation and balkanization.

Moreover, balkanization of economic activity, banking systems, and public debt markets continues, as foreign investors flee the eurozone periphery and seek safety in the core.

Instead, after a US withdrawal, the country might fall apart, possibly leading to balkanization of the Middle East, with extremely dangerous consequences for the whole region.

As in Iraq, an American withdrawal would potentially unleash forces of Balkanization. That may sound disturbing, but it is probably an unstoppable consequence of the initial US invasion.

The US wanted to establish a democratic Iraq. Instead, after a US withdrawal, the country might fall apart, possibly leading to balkanization of the Middle East, with extremely dangerous consequences for the whole region.

The OMT program will cause credit conditions to ease, but without necessarily reversing the financial balkanization of the eurozone that has occurred over the last three years. Reversal of that process will likely not occur until the three key elements of banking union common supervision, common deposit insurance, and a common resolution fund are within tangible reach.