Editing Eastern Europe (section)

====Southeastern Europe/ Balkan states====
{{Main|Southeast Europe|Balkans}}
Some countries in [[Southeast Europe]] can be considered part of Eastern Europe. Some of them can sometimes, albeit rarely, be characterized as belonging to [[Southern Europe]],<ref name="UN"/> and some may also be included in [[Central Europe]].

In some media, "Southeast Europe" can thus partially overlap with "Eastern Europe" of the Cold War Era. The following countries are labelled Southeast European by some commentators, though others still consider them to be Eastern European.<ref>Bideleux and Jeffries (1998) ''A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change''</ref>

The following eleven countries are generally considered to be part of the Balkans by most definitions:
* [[Albania]] 
* [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] 
* [[Bulgaria]] 
* [[Croatia]] (can variously be included in Southeastern<ref name="cia.gov"/> or Central Europe)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* [[Greece]] (Sometimes grouped in Southern Europe with countries like [[Italy]], [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]])
* [[Montenegro]]
* [[North Macedonia]] 
* [[Romania]] (can variously be included in Southeastern<ref name="eia.doe.gov"/> or Central Europe)<ref name="7 Invitees - Romania"/>
* [[Serbia]] (mostly placed in Southeastern but sometimes in Central Europe)<ref name="Purdue University Press"/>
* [[Slovenia]] (most often placed in Central Europe but sometimes in Southeastern Europe)<ref name="Armstrong2007" /><ref name=":0">[https://www.pccseesecretariat.si/index.php?item=9&page=static#:~:text=The%20PCC%20SEE%20is%20a,threat%20analysis%2C%20liaison%20officers%2C%20hot "Police Cooperation Convention for Southeast Europe (PCC SEE)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124191128/https://www.pccseesecretariat.si/index.php?item=9&page=static#:~:text=The%20PCC%20SEE%20is%20a,threat%20analysis%2C%20liaison%20officers%2C%20hot|date=2024-01-24}}. ''PCC SEE Secretariat''. Retrieved 20 December 2023.</ref>
* [[Turkey]] ([[East Thrace]], the portion west of the [[Turkish Straits]])

Additionally, although they have no territory on the Balkan Peninsula, the following countries are sometimes incorporated in the Balkans region, or Southeastern Europe, for cultural and historical affiliations:<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Todorova |first=Maria |title=Imagining the Balkans |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-508750-5 |location=New York |page=15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kolstø |first=Pål |date=2016-08-08 |title='Western Balkans' as the New Balkans: Regional Names as Tools for Stigmatisation and Exclusion |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09668136.2016.1219979 |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |language=en |volume=68 |issue=7 |pages=1245–1263 |doi=10.1080/09668136.2016.1219979 |issn=0966-8136}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BUB0028 - Evidence on Beyond Brexit: the UK and the Balkans |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/81047/html/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=committees.parliament.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Djurdjevic |first=Maria |title=The Balkans: Past and Present of Cultural Pluralism |url=https://www.iemed.org/publication/the-balkans-past-and-present-of-cultural-pluralism/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=European Institute of the Mediterranean}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Detrez |first=Raymond |date=2001 |title=Colonialism in the Balkans |url=https://www.kakanien-revisited.at/beitr/theorie/RDetrez1.pdf |pages=1–2 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Juhász |first=József |date=2015 |title=Hungary and the Balkans in the 20th Century — From the Hungarian Perspective |url=http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.desklight-4acf4d74-0230-4935-89ff-5cd70c155701 |journal=Prague Papers on the History of International Relations |language= |issue= 1|pages=114–119 |quote=After 1918, with the massive reduction of Hungary’s territory and influence, many Western observers held Hungary to be one of the nations of the Balkans. |via=CEJSH}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-11 |title=Balkans |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Balkans |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |language=en |quote=Moldova—although located north of the Danube River, which is frequently cited as the region’s northeastern geographic dividing line—is included in the Balkans under some definitions by virtue of its long-standing historical and cultural connections with Romania.}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
* [[Cyprus]] (geographically in [[West Asia]], though most often considered a part of Southeastern Europe)
* [[Hungary]] (most often placed in Central Europe, sometimes considered part of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans)<ref>Hötte, Hans; Mihalik, Béla (2016). ''Atlas of Southeast Europe''. Boston: Brill.</ref><ref name=":3" />
* [[Moldova]] (usually grouped with the non-Baltic post-Soviet states, sometimes considered part of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans)<ref name="thoughtco.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/where-are-the-balkan-states-4070249|title=A List of Countries That Make up the Balkan Peninsula|website=www.ThoughtCo.com|access-date=2020-01-14|archive-date=2017-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014111414/https://www.thoughtco.com/where-are-the-balkan-states-4070249|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4" />

[[List of states with limited recognition|Partially recognized states]]:
* [[Kosovo]]