I believe the best answer to this is "Foreign investment".
I think that the question asks about the time of the War in Bosnia and other parts of Yugoslavia in the first part of the 90s. The Serbian soldiers that committed mass murder of Bosnian population, mostly men, referred to this as "ethnic cleansing" which sounded better than "genocide"
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~Hello there! ^_^
Your question: What name is given to the region where sea meets land?
Your answer: Intertidal zones is the name given to the region where sea meets the land.
Hope this helps~
Prior to the existence of the nation-state, Europe was comprised of several multi ethnic empires, the largest and most powerful of which was the Holy Roman Empire. Territory changed hands often. Many times, this took place because of marriage or as a result of war.