Ryan D. Griffiths is Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. He is author of Age of Secession. Follow him on X @RyeGriffiths.

Griffith's book is grounded in theory, but its greatest value lies in the extensive fieldwork the author has undertaken in places ranging from Catalonia and West Papua to Iraqi Kurdistan and New Caledonia. Griffiths offers a corrective to the work of other researchers who tend to treat these movements with suspicion or hostility: he engages with them on their own terms, and bolsters his analysis of macro-international relations theory with a nuanced understanding of complex realities on the ground.(Times Literary Supplement) Ryan D. Griffiths's Secession and the Sovereignty Game makes an important theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of secession and is an asset for those interested in the study of this issue. Griffiths's Secession and the Sovereignty Game makes an important contribution, both empirically and in terms of theory building, to our understanding of this phenomenon.(H-Net)

• 1. Many Secessionist Movements, One International System2. States, Secessionist Movements, and the International Recognition Regime3. A Theory of Secessionist Strategy and Tactical Variation4. Catalonia: Drawn in Blood5. Murrawarri: Earth, Sky, and Ancestry6. West Papua: The Morning Star7. Bougainville: A Nation that Has Come of Age8. New Caledonia: The Melanesian Tricolor9. Northern Cyprus: The Red Banner Reversed10. A Macroanalysis of Secessionist Tactics11. The Causes and Consequences of Bad Strategy and Poor Tactics12. The Future of the Sovereignty Game

Ryan D. Griffiths is Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. He is author of Age of Secession. Follow him on X @RyeGriffiths.

Griffith's book is grounded in theory, but its greatest value lies in the extensive fieldwork the author has undertaken in places ranging from Catalonia and West Papua to Iraqi Kurdistan and New Caledonia. Griffiths offers a corrective to the work of other researchers who tend to treat these movements with suspicion or hostility: he engages with them on their own terms, and bolsters his analysis of macro-international relations theory with a nuanced understanding of complex realities on the ground.(Times Literary Supplement) Ryan D. Griffiths's Secession and the Sovereignty Game makes an important theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of secession and is an asset for those interested in the study of this issue. Griffiths's Secession and the Sovereignty Game makes an important contribution, both empirically and in terms of theory building, to our understanding of this phenomenon.(H-Net)

• 1. Many Secessionist Movements, One International System2. States, Secessionist Movements, and the International Recognition Regime3. A Theory of Secessionist Strategy and Tactical Variation4. Catalonia: Drawn in Blood5. Murrawarri: Earth, Sky, and Ancestry6. West Papua: The Morning Star7. Bougainville: A Nation that Has Come of Age8. New Caledonia: The Melanesian Tricolor9. Northern Cyprus: The Red Banner Reversed10. A Macroanalysis of Secessionist Tactics11. The Causes and Consequences of Bad Strategy and Poor Tactics12. The Future of the Sovereignty Game

Ryan D. Griffiths is Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. He is author of Age of Secession. Follow him on X @RyeGriffiths.

Griffith's book is grounded in theory, but its greatest value lies in the extensive fieldwork the author has undertaken in places ranging from Catalonia and West Papua to Iraqi Kurdistan and New Caledonia. Griffiths offers a corrective to the work of other researchers who tend to treat these movements with suspicion or hostility: he engages with them on their own terms, and bolsters his analysis of macro-international relations theory with a nuanced understanding of complex realities on the ground.(Times Literary Supplement) Ryan D. Griffiths's Secession and the Sovereignty Game makes an important theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of secession and is an asset for those interested in the study of this issue. Griffiths's Secession and the Sovereignty Game makes an important contribution, both empirically and in terms of theory building, to our understanding of this phenomenon.(H-Net)

• 1. Many Secessionist Movements, One International System2. States, Secessionist Movements, and the International Recognition Regime3. A Theory of Secessionist Strategy and Tactical Variation4. Catalonia: Drawn in Blood5. Murrawarri: Earth, Sky, and Ancestry6. West Papua: The Morning Star7. Bougainville: A Nation that Has Come of Age8. New Caledonia: The Melanesian Tricolor9. Northern Cyprus: The Red Banner Reversed10. A Macroanalysis of Secessionist Tactics11. The Causes and Consequences of Bad Strategy and Poor Tactics12. The Future of the Sovereignty Game