Balkanization

For my research topic, I am planning on focusing on the slew of countries that have been created from Yugoslavia over the last forty years, the most recent, Montenegro and Kosovo coming only a year and two weeks ago, respectively. The Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe is a region that was all lumped into one country, Yugoslavia after World War I. This region actually was the cause of WWI, because a Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

This region has long been known for its many conflicting ethnic groups. The region has steadily been divided into smaller and smaller countries as each minority wants to rule themselves. The long list now includes: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.

I found my basic information on GlobalSecurity.org which helped me develop and decide to pursue this topic
For my research I will focus on the ethnicities and the conflict between them that resulted in the continued political breakdowns. I need to find more information about the specific ethnicities in each country. I need to find more information on the ethnic cleansing of the 90s. I have a feeling that this will be too broad, and I will have to refine my research as it goes along.