Lee J. M. Seymour

Université de Montréal | UdeM · Department of Political Science

do actors switch sides in civil wars? And why do many of these conºicts feature systematic re-alignments among competing actors? Numerous conºicts include instances of defection with far-reaching implications. In Afghanistan, efforts to build a co-hesive army have been hampered by instances of Hazara, Tajik, and Uzbek com-manders defecting from the...

The crisis in Darfur led to one of the most powerful advocacy campaigns in recent US history. Responding to intense political pressures from this campaign, the US engaged Sudan in a heated public confrontation, increasingly echoing the rhetoric of a powerful advocacy campaign that was surprisingly indifferent to realities on the ground in Darfur. T...

How do contemporary secessionist movements gain international recognition of their claims to self-determination? I argue that international recognition is forthcoming when a sufficient number of states believe a claim to self-determination ought to be accepted. That is, states recognize claims to self-determination when they perceive them to be leg...

The ICC has faced repeated charges of hypocrisy from African leaders, the African Union (AU), and prominent voices in the African public. What has caused this diplomatic conflict and what is hypocrisy so central to critiques of the Court? Do charges of hypocrisy matter and how might they be managed? This chapter investigates the politics of anti-hy...

Why are some ethnopolitical movements divided while others are relatively unified? A growing literature examines the consequences of internal divisions in ethnopolitical movements – and shows that it matters for a range of conflict outcomes – yet the mechanisms causing such divisions remain poorly understood. Our argument emphasizes competitive dyn...

Why are some ethnopolitical movements divided while others are relatively unified? A growing literature examines the consequences of internal divisions in ethnopolitical movements, yet the mechanisms causing such divisions remain poorly understood. Our argument emphasizes competitive dynamics between states and self-determination movements, and bet...

Why are some ethnopolitical movements divided while others are relatively unified? A growing literature examines the consequences of internal divisions in ethnopolitical movements, yet the mechanisms causing such divisions remain poorly understood. Our argument emphasizes competitive dynamics between states and self-determination movements, and bet...

Acknowledgements vii 1. Introduction 1 2. States Without Recognition 26 3. Surviving in the Modern International System 50 4. Internal Sources of Unrecognized State-Building 76 5. Rethinking Sovereignty and Statehood 102 6. Moving Toward Peace or War? 123 7. Conclusion 147 Notes 156 Bibliography 188 Index 203

Why have Africa's borders survived intact in the post-Cold War era, and what changes have the past two decades witnessed in the relationship between sovereignty, territory and authority in African statehood? After 1989, a number of authors predicted changes to the political map of the continent, with far-reaching international changes expected to r...

How do we conceptualize the fragmentation of internally divided movements? And how does variation in fragmentation affect the probability and patterns of infighting? The internal politics of non-state groups have received increasing attention, with recent research demonstrating the importance of cohesion and fragmentation for understanding conflict...

While theoretical models of conflict often treat actors as unitary, most self-determination groups are fragmented into a number of competing internal factions. This article presents a framework for understanding the “dual contests” that self-determination groups engage in—the first with their host state and the second between co-ethnic factions wit...

While theoretical models of conflict often treat actors as unitary, most self-determination groups are fragmented into a number of competing internal factions. This article presents a framework for understanding the "dual contests" that self-determination groups engage in — the first with their host state and the second between co-ethnic factions w...

Two conspicuous features of the contemporary global security problématique need to be explicitly connected: diplomatic, humanitarian, developmental and military responses to conflict are hampered by a basic lack of resources. These under-funded interventions are increasingly directed at conflicts that thrive on resource abundance. In other words, w...

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