This article breaks new ground in the study of secessionist conflict. It conceptualises the
relationships between host states and secessionist groups and their patrons, and outlines …

The complex architecture of fragmented authority in the international system remains under-
theorized. Understanding the world of separatist regions that turn into de facto states is high …

Catherine Baker offers an up-to-date, balanced and concise introductory account of the
Yugoslav wars of the 1990s and their aftermath. The volume incorporates the latest …

It has been almost 20 years since the publication of International Society and the De Facto
State by Scott Pegg in 1998, the first book-length substantive theoretical attempt to …

De facto states and their parent states usually have very different reasons for backing
engagement policies, based on their respective claims to self-determination and territorial …

The article discusses the post-Soviet de facto state of Abkhazia, and its relationship to its
main patron, Russia. All patron–client nexuses are marked by a high degree of asymmetrical …

This article focuses on how unrecognised states have tried to establish themselves
domestically and internationally, and on the efforts of base states designed to counter these …

Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2019.| Series: Routledge
contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series; 91| Includes bibliographical references …

The “frozen” conflict between Moldova and its separatist Transnistrian region—which
developed into a de facto state—is dynamic. Despite an active nation-building project to …

This article compares the nation-building processes in four well-established Eurasian de
facto states. Although all four pursue a set of identity politics that would legitimize the …