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Failing and the seven seas?: Somali piracy in global perspective
In: Journal of global security studies, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 251-269
ISSN: 2057-3170
World Affairs Online
Ker-Lindsay, J. (2012).The Foreign Policy of Counter Secession: Preventing the Recognition of Contested States: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 226 pp., $99, £50
In: Diplomacy and statecraft, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 190-191
ISSN: 1557-301X
The Foreign Policy of Counter Secession: Preventing the Recognition cf Contested States
In: Diplomacy and statecraft, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 190-191
ISSN: 1557-301X
Ker-Lindsay, J. (2012). The Foreign Policy of Counter Secession: Preventing the Recognition of Contested States
In: Diplomacy & statecraft, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 190-191
ISSN: 0959-2296
Friends in High Places: International Politics and the Emergence of States from Secessionism
In: International organization, Band 65, Heft 3, S. 433-467
ISSN: 1531-5088
AbstractState emergence is an essential dynamic of the international system, yet international relations scholars pay it little attention. Their oversight is all the more unfortunate because international politics ultimately determine which aspiring system members will succeed in becoming new states. Existing models of state emergence rely exclusively on internal or domestic-level explanations. However, the international system is inherently social; therefore any aspiring state's membership also depends on the acceptance of its peers. I present a novel, international-level model of state birth that suggests state leaders should use decisions regarding new members strategically to advance their own interests, not passively abide by domestic factors. I test this argument using a new data set on secessionism and Great Power recognition (1931–2000). I find that external politics have important, underappreciated effects on state emergence. Furthermore, acknowledging the politics of recognition's centrality to state birth alters our understanding of civil conflict dynamics and conflict resolution and suggests important implications for system-wide stability.
Friends in high places: international politics and the emergence of states from secessionism
In: International organization, Band 65, Heft 3, S. 433-467
ISSN: 0020-8183
World Affairs Online
Failing and the Seven Seas? Somali Piracy in Global Perspective
In: Journal of global security studies, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 251-269
ISSN: 2057-3189
Compliant Rebels: Rebel Groups and International Law in World Politics. By Hyeran Jo. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 354p. $120.00
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 605-606
ISSN: 1541-0986
Does state failure cause terrorism?: An empirical analysis (1999-2008)
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 59, Heft 3, S. 455-483
ISSN: 0022-0027, 0731-4086
World Affairs Online
Does State Failure Cause Terrorism? An Empirical Analysis (1999–2008)
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 59, Heft 3, S. 455-483
ISSN: 1552-8766
A developed-world consensus ties state failure to new and serious international insecurity. But that conclusion rests upon an uncertain foundation; insights into the nature and intensity of failure-related threats remain tentative and unsystematic. This study begins to remedy the problem, examining the broad relationships between weakness, failure, and terrorism with panel data for 153 countries (1999–2008). I argue that the quantitative literature too often disregards the political context determining terrorism's use, that terrorism is endogenous to many measures of state failure, and that estimates of the failure-related threat of terrorism are overstated. Consistent with these expectations, I find that most failing and failed states are not predisposed to terrorism. However, among the "most failed" states, those at war or experiencing political collapse are significantly more likely to experience and produce terror. These results refine the relationship between failure and external threat and highlight the importance of terrorism's macro-level political context.
Strong States, Weak States, and Nontraditional Threats
In: International studies review, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 142-144
ISSN: 1468-2486
Uniting States: Voluntary Union in World Politics. By Joseph M. Parent. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 256p. $99.00 cloth, $27.95 paper
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 351-353
ISSN: 1541-0986
Uniting States: Voluntary Union in World Politics
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 351-353
ISSN: 1537-5927
Global patterns of maritime piracy, 2000–09: Introducing a new dataset
In: Journal of peace research, Band 49, Heft 4, S. 605-617
ISSN: 1460-3578
This article introduces the Maritime Piracy Data (MPD), a dataset dedicated to understanding the nature, dynamics, and causes of contemporary piracy and armed robbery against ships. Data on maritime piracy are presented in two formats: an event set and an annual, country-level set. The event data track every maritime piracy attack reported to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center (IMB/PRC) for a total of 3,413 events between 2000 and 2009. Entries provide event details including date, geo-coded location, attacker nationality, victim nationality, success, vessel type, violence level, loot taken, and/or ransom demanded. The annual data count the number of piracy events emanating from the world's 147 coastal countries over the same decade for a total of 1,470 observations. Entries include country-level information regarding the maritime sector including coastal shipping traffic, coastline length, seaports, distances to major sea lane chokepoints, and merchant marine size. The article describes the main features of the data, provides descriptive statistics, and briefly illustrates their potential utility for research. The MPD has potential utility for scholars examining non-traditional threats generated by non-state actors; for those studying the potential relationships between governance and conflict on land and piracy at sea; and for individuals engaged in policy-relevant analyses evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of counter-piracy strategies and tactics.