• Acknowledgements


• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• 1: Secession and Recognition in International Politics


• 2: Current Cases of Contested Secession


• 3: Reasons for Contesting Secession and Preventing Recognition


• 4: Planning and Implementing a Counter-Recognition Strategy


• 5: Preventing State Recognition


• 6: The Role of International Organisations


• 7: Judicial Bodies and Counter Recognition


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

James Ker-Lindsay's research focuses on issues relating to conflict, peace, and security in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. He is Eurobank EFG Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.

At a time when the question of separatism is becoming increasingly significant in international politics, The Foreign Policy of Counter Secession is the first and only comprehensive account of the ways in which states fight acts of secession on the world stage.