Fixing Fractured Nations: The Challenge of Ethnic Separatism in the Asia-Pacific

By Robert G. Wirsing

Book Overview

Introduction: Ethnic Separatism: An Introduction; R.Wirsing PART I: SOUTH EAST ASIA Indonesia: Letting Go to Hold On; A.Smith Thailand: Southern Discomfort: Separatist Conflict in the Kingdom of Thailand; I.Storey Myanmar/Burma: Resolving the Burmese Imbroglio: A Multilateral Solution?; M.Malik PART II: SOUTH ASIA Pakistan: Ethnic Separatism in Balochistan: Tribal Turbulence on the Energy Corridor; R.Wirsing India: Nation and the Spirals of Insecurity: How the State Responds to Ethnic Separatism in India's Northeast; S.K.Das India& Pakistan: Dangerous Place: Kashmiri Separatism in a Disputed Territory; R.Wirsing Sri Lanka: Managing Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Going Beyond LTTE; S.Akhtar PART III: EAST ASIA China: Retribution& Retaliation: Uyghur Separatism& Chinese Security in Xinjiang; E.Davis China: Tibet: At the Crossroads of Ethnic Nationalism& Geopolitical Realism; P.Smith PART IV: PACIFIC ISLANDS Papua New Guinea: The Melting Pot: Ethnicity, Identity& Separatism in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea; J.Rolfe Conclusion: Ethnic Separatism in Geopolitical Perspective; E.Ahrari

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349314641
• ISBN13: 9781349314645
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"