Since World War II, separatist conflicts have been the most common and deadly types of war in international politics. Such wars result from a simple incongruity: ethno-nationalist groups desire a homeland, but on territory that is controlled by states unwilling to give it up. Th…
An external security theory of secessionist conflict -- Pakistan's genocide in Bengal and limited war in Balochistan, 1971-1977 -- India's strategies against secessionists in Assam, Punjab, and Kashmir, 1985-1994 -- The Ottoman Empire's escalation from reforms to the Armenian ge…
Ahsan I. Butt argues that states, rather than separatists, determine whether a secessionist struggle will be peaceful, violent, or genocidal. He investigates the strategies, ranging from negotiated concessions to large-scale repression, adopted by states in response to separatis…
Since World War II, separatist conflicts have been the most common and deadly types of war in international politics. Such wars result from a simple incongruity: ethno-nationalist groups desire a homeland, but on territory that is controlled by states unwilling to give it up. Th…