Democracy, Diplomacy, International Relations, Political Ideologies 

In this new century, the relentless appeal of national self-determination has moved beyond decolonisation. A large group of de facto states, would-be sovereignties, now seek international recognition. In some cases these 'nations in waiting' have already established the exclusivity of their writ on the ground and wait only for the outside world to come to terms with the realities of their existence. In others, there are powerful external players who could undermine their claims on one hand or ensure their success on the other.The cases described in this book are to be found throughout the world: Abkhazia and Chechnya in the Caucasus; Kosovo, Montenegro, Republika Srpska, and Transnistria in eastern Europe; Palestine and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the Middle East; Somaliland in Africa; and Bougainville in the Pacific.Are these isolated voices or a harbinger of things to come? Their demands for separate statehood have breached the orthodoxies of territorial integrity and eroded the taboos of secession. Other large states, such as Indonesia, Nigeria, and the Sudan, also teeter on the brink of disintegration. - from Amzon 

Table of Contents
Introduction a New World of Emerging States by Tozin Bahcheli, Barry Bartmann and Henry Srebrnik.....................................................................................P.1
1. Political Realities and Legal Anomalies: Revisiting the politics of international recognition by Barry Bartmann...................................................................p. 32
2. Republika Srpska P. Marte Joelle Zahar .................................................P. 32
3. Montenegro and Serbia: Disassociation, negotiation, resolution?by Philip Lyon ............................................................................................................P. 52
4. Albanian and Serb Rivalry in Kosovo Relist and Universalist Perspectives on .sovereignty by Vjeran Panlakovic and Sabrina Petra Kamet........................ P. 74
5. From Frozen Conflict to Frozen Agreement: The Unrecognized state of Transnistria by Steven D. Roper ............................................................. P. 102
6. Chechnya by Katherine Graney ............................................................P. 118
7 The Abkhazians: A national minority in their own homeland .................P. 143
8. Unnder Turkey's Wings: the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Struggle for International Acceptance by Tozun Bahchegi ........................................P. 164
9. Palestine 2003: The perils of de facto statehood by Dan Tschirgi ...........P. 187
10. Can Clans Form Nations?: Somaliland in the making by Henry Srebrnik ..p. 210
11 Bougainville: the quest for Self-determination byalph R. Premdas .......P. 232
13 Conclusion: States in waiting, nations tired of waitingby Tozin Bahcheli, Barry Bartmann and Henry Srebrnik. ...............................................................P. 245