A while back, I was talking to a war veteran from the Balkan war in the 1990's, and my history teacher told me it was getting pretty nasty, when the Balkan peoples were no longer fighting against Hapsburg rule, but the different ethnic groups started fighting EACH OTHER!!! As you all know, this led to the 1999 dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the foundation of several republics and the Kingdom of Austria.
From what I've read, nationalism seems to be almost ingrained in the psyche of these people, a prime example being that terrorist group active in the 1910's, and some guy tried to shoot Emperor Franz I, but his pistol locked up lol.
Anyway, my point is, would (an) independent Balkan state(s) still lead to some sort of crisis in that part of the world?
OOC: Sorry if this is kind of an epic fail...