TIR Jaroslav <br/><br/>
Keeping the peace after secession:  territorial conflicts between rump and secessionist states / 
by Jaroslav Tir 
 -  2005 
<br/><br/> Considers the effect of secession on relations between the new state and the remainder of the old one. Based on a study of the results of all twentieth century secessions, this article finds that ethnically based territorial disputes play a much greater role in conflict than do their economically or strategically based counterparts, and that peaceful secession leads to peaceful relations. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>SECESSION<br/>TERRITORIAL DISPUTES<br/>ETHNIC CONFLICT