Ethnic separatism : an introduction / Robert G. Wirsing -- Indonesia : letting go to hold on / Anthony L. Smith -- Thailand : southern discomfort : separatist conflict in the Kingdom of Thailand / Ian Storey -- Myanmar/Burma : resolving the Burmese imbroglio : a multilateral solution? / Mohan Malik -- Pakistan : ethnic separatism in Balochistan : tribal turbulence on the energy corridor / Robert G. Wirsing -- India : democracy, nation and the spirals of insecurity : state response to ethnic separatism in India's Northeast / Samir K. Das -- India and Pakistan : dangerous place : Kashmiri separatism in a disputed territory / Robert G. Wirsing -- Sri Lanka : managing ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka : going beyond the LTTE / Shaheen Akhtar -- China : Retribution and retaliation : Uyghur separatism and Chinese security in Xinjiang / Elizabeth Van Wie Davis -- China : Tibet : at the crossroads of ethnic nationalism and geopolitical rivalry / Paul J. Smith -- Papua New Guinea : the melting pot : ethnicity, identity, and separatism in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea / Jim Rolfe -- Conclusion: Ethnic separatism in geopolitical perspective / Ehsan M. Ahrari.
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 --Provided by publisher.
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