{"product_id":"a-stability-seeking-power-u-s-foreign-policy-and-secessionist-conflicts-paperback","title":"A Stability-Seeking Power: U.S. Foreign Policy and Secessionist Conflicts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Paquin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent conflicts in Kosovo, Iraq, and Georgia have reminded the world that secessionist conflicts will continue to pose security challenges in the twenty-first century. While the United States has been reluctant to support independence movements within established nation-states, in practice it has recognized more secessionist states in the last twenty years than the previous fifty years of the Cold War. \u003ci\u003eA Stability-Seeking Power\u003c\/i\u003e provides key insights and analysis to explain this inconsistency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy examining several cases of U.S. management of secessionist crises in the Balkans and Africa, Jonathan Paquin shows that American foreign policy occasionally recognizes break-away states if it believes that supporting them will help re-establish regional stability. Analyzing examples of such situations reveals that even though US policy apparently favours stable international borders, Washington's primary concern is not to maintain the status quo but rather to seek stability. An illuminating study of foreign policy, \u003ci\u003eA Stability-Seeking Power \u003c\/i\u003ewill have broad implications for understanding U.S. involvement in international affairs, and assessing the security concerns that secessionist conflicts raise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Paquin is an assistant professor of political science at Université Laval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48164260643037,"sku":"9780773537378","price":64.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/RRd2XF3pd9780773537378.webp?v=1783915674","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-stability-seeking-power-u-s-foreign-policy-and-secessionist-conflicts-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}