States, Secessionists and De Facto Control after Separatist Wars

Strategies for Controlling Territories and Populations after Conflict
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-52996-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 570 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Statehood

This book investigates how states and secessionists seek to resolve questions of de facto control in the aftermath of secessionist wars.

This work presents a study of the termination and aftermath of separatist wars, using two in-depth case studies – the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict (1994-2006) and the Serbia-Kosovo conflict (1999-2008) – to develop an empirically grounded theoretical framework to explain state and secessionist strategies for controlling territory and populations in post-war environments. It draws on fieldwork and archival research carried out in Georgia, Abkhazia, Serbia, Kosovo, and the UN archives and presents further evidence to develop and extend the framework using ‘shadow cases’ of the separatist wars in the Caucasus and the Balkans. By focusing on actors’ objectives and their strategies for controlling territory and populations within the constraints and opportunities of a post-war context, this study helps explain what states and secessionists do and why in the critical period after a war ends and helps inform understanding of the formation and trajectories of post-war orders. This study has relevance for international policymakers, with reflections on how the theoretical framework may facilitate conflict analysis and inform policy responses towards protracted armed conflict.

This book will be of interest to students of statehood, intra-state conflict and civil wars, international security, and International Relations in general.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barker, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Controlling Territory and Populations after Separatist Wars 2. Theoretical Framework 3. Introduction to the Case Studies 4. Georgia and Abkhazia 5. Serbia and Kosovo 6. Discussion of the Theory-Building Cases and Post-2008 Developments 7. Shadow Cases and the Russia--Ukraine War 8. Conclusions: Theory Development, Further Research, and Policy Relevance

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Barker is a teaching fellow at the University of Birmingham and has a DPhil in International Relations from Nuffield College, University of Oxford.