Hendrik Spruyt is Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations and director of the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University, USA. Oded Haklai is associate professor of political studies at Queen’s University.Miriam Fendius Elman is associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA.

Deals with a very charged issue using a balanced tone. . . . The book makes a valuable and important contribution to a topic usually studied with strong political zeal rather than cool academic analysis. - Moaz Rosenthal, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya

Hendrik Spruyt is Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations and director of the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University, USA. Oded Haklai is associate professor of political studies at Queen’s University.Miriam Fendius Elman is associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA.

Deals with a very charged issue using a balanced tone. . . . The book makes a valuable and important contribution to a topic usually studied with strong political zeal rather than cool academic analysis. - Moaz Rosenthal, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya

Hendrik Spruyt is Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations and director of the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University, USA. Oded Haklai is associate professor of political studies at Queen’s University.Miriam Fendius Elman is associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA.

Deals with a very charged issue using a balanced tone. . . . The book makes a valuable and important contribution to a topic usually studied with strong political zeal rather than cool academic analysis. - Moaz Rosenthal, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya