Why might the balkans be called the powder keg of europe?
The Balkans are called the powder keg of Europe because hundreds of wars have happened there, World War 1 started because of it, World War 2 had fighting there, and World War 3 can start because of it over any issue, currently Kosovo. To Russia or the USA, having the Balkans under American or Russian control is more important to them than millions of people getting killed in a civil war in Africa, and reasons for this I don’t really know. I think it’s because of it’s very high strategic value, which I don’t understand since I’m not a military expert. But most of the time, if some nation invades another or something else big happens there, the world always responds. In simple terms, the Balkans is one of the most dangerous regions in the world, and the most dangerous one in Europe at the moment.
