Contested States in World Politics

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Part I: Theoretical Perspectives......Page 16
1 Confirmed versus Contested States......Page 18
Requirements of confirmed statehood......Page 19
Attributes and categories of contested statehood......Page 34
Alternative designations......Page 37
Conclusion......Page 39
Conceptions of self-determination......Page 40
The meaning of secession......Page 46
International responses to secession......Page 50
Other origins of contested statehood......Page 54
Conclusion......Page 55
Points of departure......Page 56
International reactions to contested states......Page 57
Inter-state options......Page 59
Intra-state arrangements......Page 70
Conclusion......Page 77
Part II: Case Studies......Page 78
Abkhazia......Page 80
South Ossetia......Page 90
Transdniestria......Page 98
Nagorno Karabagh......Page 107
Conclusion......Page 117
History's stepchild......Page 118
The final lap to independence......Page 122
Contested statehood and war......Page 124
International trusteeship......Page 126
The Ahtisaari plan......Page 129
Stalemate......Page 131
Contested statehood, again......Page 133
Alternative futures......Page 135
Conclusion......Page 137
From colonialism to secession......Page 139
Justifications for statehood......Page 143
Features of statehood......Page 148
International reactions......Page 150
Explaining external opposition......Page 154
What future for Somaliland?......Page 155
Conclusion......Page 156
At the mercy of others......Page 158
Enter the PLO......Page 161
The first intifada......Page 165
Peacemaking and homecoming......Page 167
Ambiguity and fragility......Page 168
The second intifada......Page 170
Exit Arafat, enter Hamas......Page 172
Economic costs of political conflict......Page 174
Alternative futures......Page 176
Conclusion......Page 179
The road to rupture......Page 181
Invasion and fragmentation......Page 187
Enter the TRNC......Page 189
International isolation......Page 191
The EU dimension......Page 192
International rewards......Page 196
Renewed settlement efforts......Page 197
Radical alternatives......Page 199
Conclusion......Page 200
The colonial background......Page 201
Independence versus incorporation......Page 204
Searching for solutions......Page 207
Colonialism, Moroccan style......Page 210
Issues of state viability......Page 211
Alternative political formulas......Page 213
Conclusion......Page 218
From Sun to Mao......Page 219
Three major setbacks......Page 220
Democracy at home, flexibility abroad......Page 224
Legal wrangles......Page 226
Bilateral and multilateral ties......Page 229
The diplomacy of democracy......Page 234
Relations with China......Page 236
Harsh veto state versus hesitant patron state......Page 238
What future for Taiwan?......Page 241
Conclusion......Page 244
Conclusion......Page 245
Notes......Page 254
C......Page 299
K......Page 300
N......Page 301
P......Page 302
S......Page 303
T......Page 304
W......Page 305
Z......Page 306