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'''Southeast Europe''' or '''Southeastern Europe''' ('''SEE''') is a geographical [[sub-region]] of [[Europe]], consisting primarily of the [[region]] of the [[Balkans]], as well as adjacent regions and [[Archipelago|archipelagos]]. There are overlapping and conflicting definitions of the region, due to political, economic, historical, cultural, and geographical considerations.

Sovereign states and territories that may be included in the region are<!--keep in alphabetical order--> [[Albania]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]] (alternatively placed in [[Central Europe]]), [[Greece]] (alternatively placed in the broader region of [[Southern Europe]]), [[Kosovo]], [[Montenegro]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Romania]] (alternatively placed in [[Eastern Europe]]), [[Serbia]], and the [[East Thrace|European part of Turkey]] (alternatively placed in the broader region of Southern Europe, also in Western Asia with the rest of the country). Sometimes, [[Cyprus]] (most often placed in [[West Asia]]), [[Hungary]] (most often placed in [[Central Europe]]), [[Moldova]] (most often placed in [[Eastern Europe]]) and [[Slovenia]] (most often placed in [[Central Europe]]) are also included due to cultural or historical factors and affiliation.

The first known use of the term "Southeast Europe" was by [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] researcher [[Johann Georg von Hahn]] (1811–1869) as a broader term than the traditional [[Balkans]],<ref>Hösch, Nehring, Sundhaussen (Hrsg.), Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas, S. 663, {{ISBN|3-8252-8270-8}}</ref> a concept based on the boundaries of the Balkan Peninsula. Countries described in 2004 by ''Istituto Geografico De Agostini'' as being entirely within the Balkan region, are: [[Albania]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Montenegro]], and [[North Macedonia]].<ref>Istituto Geografico De Agostini, ''L'Enciclopedia Geografica – Vol.I – Italia'', 2004, Ed. De Agostini p.78</ref>)

However from the 1990s[[1990]]s onwards, in part due to the negative historical and political connotations of the term ''Balkans'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Balkanize|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balkanize|publisher=merriam-webster.com}}</ref> especially since the military conflicts of the 1990s in [[Yugoslavia]] in the western half of the region, the term ''Southeast Europe'' is becoming increasingly popular.<ref name="Altić11">{{cite journal|last=Altić|first=Mirela Slukan|date=2011|title=Hrvatska kao zapadni Balkan – geografska stvarnost ili nametnuti identitet?|trans-title=Croatia as a Part of the Western Balkans – Geographical Reality or Enforced Identity?|journal=Društvena Istraživanja|language=hr|volume=20|issue=2|pages=401–413|doi=10.5559/di.20.2.06|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bideleux|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTB0gn_qwTcC|title=A history of Eastern Europe|author2=Ian Jeffries|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2007|isbn=978-0-415-36627-4|page=37}}</ref>

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