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

by Ahrari, Ehsan M.; Wirsing, Robert G.

• ISBN13: 9780230236592
• ISBN10: 0230236596
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Asia's rising power and wealth offer its many oppressed ethnic minorities hope for greater political freedom and an end to violence. But the reality of this hope is cast in doubt by acute separatist conflict. This book provides fresh and factual assessments of separatist struggles and prospects for conflict resolution in nine countries of Asia.

Author Biography

EHSAN AHRARI is Professor of Security Studies, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Honolulu, Hawaii.

ROBERT WIRSING is Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
Notes on Contributors	p. viii
Preface	p. xi
Ethnic Separatism: an Introduction	p. 1
South East Asia
Indonesia. Letting Go to Hold On	p. 15
Thailand. Southern Discomfort: Separatist Conflict in the Kingdom of Thailand	p. 36
Myanmmar/Burma. Resolving the Burmese Imbroglio: a Multilateral Solution?	p. 57
South Asia
Pakistan. Ethnic Separatism in Balochistan: Tribal Turbulence on the Energy Corridor	p. 83
India. Democracy, Nation, and the Spirals of Insecurity: State Response to Ethnic Separatism in India's Northeast	p. 116
India and Pakistan. Dangerous Place: Kashmiri Separatism in a Disputed Territory	p. 140
Sri Lanka. Managing Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Going Beyond the LTTE	p. 159
East Asia
China. Retribution and Retaliation: Uyghur Separatism and Chinese Security in Xinjiang	p. 183
China. Tibet: At the Crossroads of Ethnic Nationalism and Geopolitical Rivalry	p. 206
Pacific Islands
Papua New Guinea. The Melting Pot: Ethnicity, Identity, and Separatism in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	p. 231
Conclusion. Ethnic Separatism in Geopolitical Perspective	p. 244
Index	p. 269
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