Incomplete Secession after Unresolved Conflicts

This book analyses cases of incomplete secession after separatist wars and what this means for relations between central governments and de facto states.

Autorentext

Ana Maria Albulescu has a PhD in War Studies Research from King's College London, UK. She is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest.

Inhalt

Introduction Part I: Contested concepts: De-facto states and the exercise of authority in the aftermath of secessionist war 1. From secessionist wars to incomplete secession 2. Post-conflict political order: Conceptualizing the exercise of authority under conditions of incomplete secession Part II: Political order and escalation in the post-Soviet space 3. Political order and escalation in the Republic of Moldova. Between accommodation of secessionist demands and stalemate with Transnistria 4. Political order and escalation in Georgia: The failure to accommodate Abkhazia's secessionist demands 5. Political order and escalation in Georgia: From stalemate to confrontation with South Ossetia Part III: Understanding the dynamics of post-conflict political order 6. Democratization, elections and the politics of secession and counter-secession: Understanding escalation in political order 7. External actors and the principles of the liberal international order: Addressing the crisis of the nation state Conclusion