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

Produces a clear and original edited volume on the strategies of secession and counter-secession.

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

This book is a comprehensive study of secession from an international law perspective.

A novel analysis of secessionist movements, explaining state response, the likelihood of conflict, and the proliferation of states since 1945.