Europe and the recognition of new states in Yugoslavia / Richard Caplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caplan, Richard (Richard D.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Economic Community.

Newly independent states.

Europe--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Yugoslavia--Politics and government--1992-2003.

Yugoslavia.

Physical Description:

ix, 229 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Europe's recognition of new states in Yugoslavia remains one of the most controversial episodes of the collapse of Yugoslavia. Richard Caplan offers a detailed narrative of events, exploring the highly assertive role that Germany played in the episode, the reputedly catastrophic consequences of recognition (for Bosnia-Herzegovina in particular) and the radical departure from customary state practice represented by the EC's use of political criteria as the basis of recognition. The book examines the strategic logic and consequences of the EC's actions but also explores the wider implications, offering insights into European security policy at the end of the Cold War, the relationship of international law to international relations and the management of ethnic conflict. The significance of this book extends well beyond Yugoslavia as policymakers continue to wrestle with the challenges posed by violent conflict associated with state fragmentation.

Contents:

1 The EC's recognition policy: origins and terms of reference 15

2 Recognition of states: legal thinking and historic practice 49

3 International law, international relations and the recognition of states 73

4 EC recognition of new states in Yugoslavia: the strategic consequences 95

5 Political conditionality and conflict management 146

EPC Declaration on the Recognition of New States in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (16 December 1991) 187

EPC Declaration on Yugoslavia (16 December 1991) 189

Treaty Provisions for the Convention (at 4 November 1991) 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [196]-223) and index.

ISBN:

0521821762

OCLC:

60667965

Publisher Number:

9780521821766 (hbk.)