At a time when the question of separatism is becoming increasingly significant in international politics, The Foreign Policy of Counter Secession is the first a
How can we understand the strategic interaction between secessionist movements and sovereign states? A casual review of the many secessionist struggles around t
In 1945, there were 74 independent countries. Today there are 195. The breakup of colonial empires, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and various secessions all
Unrecognized states are places that do not exist in international politics; they are state-like entities that have achieved de facto independence, but have fail
In Secession and Security, Ahsan I. Butt argues that states rather than separatists determine whether a secessionist struggle will be peaceful, violent, or geno