Federalism, Secession, and International Recognition Regime

Professor Alex Danilovich was professionally trained in the USA, USSR and France, and has developed scholarly expertise in comparative politics, constitutional law and international relations. The results of his research have been summarized in many scholarly articles and several books, such as Russian-Belarusian Integration: Playing Games Behind the Kremlin Walls, Ashgate, USA/UK, 2006; Iraqi Federalism and the Kurds: Learning to Live Together, Ashgate, UK, 2014; Iraqi Kurdistan in Middle Eastern Politics, Routledge, UK, 2017.

Using a broad theoretical framework of federal studies and secession theory, this book studies the breakup of ethnically diverse countries/ federations caused by nationalism and the international regime of recognition of newly formed entities.

Introduction PART I: FEDERALISM, DOMESTIC POLITICS AND SECESSION CHAPTER 1 The Paradox of Federalism and the Iraqi Federation CHAPTER 2 Seeking Sovereignty under Modern Conditions: The Case of Iraqi Kurdistan CHAPTER 3 Together We Stand, Divided We Fall: Transcending the Obstacles to Internal Sovereignty in Iraqi Kurdistan CHAPTER 4 From Shotgun Marriage to Amicable Divorce? The Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Self-determination, Secession and Recognition in Comparative Perspective CHAPTER 5 KRG Survival in Iraq and in the Middle East: Non-Alignment and Sectarian Neutrality PART 2: RECOGNITION REGIME: GLOBAL POWERS' AND SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORS' ON KURDISTAN'S SOVEREIGNTY ASPIRATIONS CHAPTER 6 Kurdistan: the Strategy of Secession and International Recognition Regime CHAPTER 7 Iraqi Kurdistan Independence Aspirations and the Neo-Ottomanist Turkey CHAPTER 8 Iran's Regional Hegemony and Iraqi Kurdistan's Independence CHAPTER 9 Israel's Periphery Doctrine and the Kurds CHAPTER 10 China's Energy Strategy in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan CHAPTER 11 Kurdish Interests and US Foreign Policy in the Middle East CHAPTER 12 Russia's Strategy Towards Iraq and Kurdistan Conclusion