Political violence has remained an integral part of South Asian society for decades. The region has witnessed and continued to encounter violence for achieving

Since decolonization began in the late 1940s, a series of often lengthy and destructive separatist insurgencies have imposed severe financial, economic and huma

In Secession and Security, Ahsan I. Butt argues that states rather than separatists determine whether a secessionist struggle will be peaceful, violent, or geno

A unique, comparative-historical analysis of the impact of democratization on five nationalist conflicts in Southeast Asia.

This volume explores the sources and manifestations of political violence in South and Southeast Asia and the myriad roles that it plays in everyday life and as