Why does ethnic conflict remain one of the major security challenges in today's world? Can
we avoid another Rwanda in the future? How was it possible, after almost four decades, to …

Recent discussions of federal solutions to ethnic conflict have focused on ethnofederal
arrangements; in these the constituent units are homelands for ethnic minorities. Like …

A significant theoretical and empirical question underlying much of the literature on post-
conflict state building is which institutions offer the best prospect for peace and democracy in …

This article contends that three key characteristics in the context of self-determination
conflicts are crucial in determining the institutional design of their settlement: the …

Conflict over territorial control in divided societies is widespread, frequently violent and
difficult to resolve, and thus merits systematic analytical and empirical engagement …

The management of ethno-national conflict remains an important issue on the security
agendas of states and international organisations alike, from the Western Balkans to the …

Minority Accommodation through Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy explores the
relationship between minority, territory, and autonomy, and how it informs our understanding …

This paper examines the 15-point agreement on normalization of relations between Kosovo
and Serbia. Two mainstream discourses have prevailed since the agreement was ratified by …

Defying predictions that the Internet would eventually create a world where nations
disappeared in favor of a unified'global village,'the new millennium has instead seen a …

The 20 th century can be qualified as the century of self-determination. Both politically as
legally, the concept of self-determination formed the most important justification for quests for …