BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsComparative Politics/Intern ational RelationspresentRyan D. GriffithsAssociate Professor\, Political S cienceSyracuse University \n\nWhat\nis the strategy of secession and how d o tactics vary by the kind of\nindependence movement? I argue that the rul es and informal practices regarding\nstate recognition create a strategic playing field – the Sovereignty Game –\nbetween existing states and aspiri ng nations. In order to win sovereign\nstatehood\, an aspiring nation has to compel and persuade their home state and\nthe international community t o recognize them. This book explains how they go\nabout it\, the dynamics that follow\, and how tactics vary according to local\nconditions. It comb ines original data\, fieldwork in a dozen breakaway regions\,\nmore than 1 00 interviews with secessionist leaders\, and case studies on\nCatalonia\, the Murrawarri Republic\, West Papua\, Bougainville\, New Caledonia\,\nan d Northern Cyprus. Ryan Griffiths focuses on the dynamics of secession and the study of sovereignty\, state systems\, and international orders. In h is work on secession\, Griffiths emphasizes the international and domestic causes of secessionist conflict over time. These causes are articulated i n his book \;Age of Secession: The International and Domestic Determin ants of State Birth \;(Cambridge University Press\, 2016). Griffiths a lso investigates the organization of the international system\, especially as it relates to national sovereignty and different types of political or der. Previously\, he taught at both the University of Sydney in Australia and at John Hopkins University. He also served as a visiting assistant pro fessor at the Barcelona Institute for International Studies and as a visit ing fellow at Yale University’s Macmillan Center. He earned a PhD in inter national relations and comparative politics at Columbia University in 2010 .For more information contact Dan McDowell\, dmcdowel@syr.edu. \; For accessibility accommodations\, please contact jmhoran@syr.edu  \;\n\n DTEND:20211203T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T113621Z DTSTART:20211203T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Secession and the Sovereignty Game: Strategy and Tactics for Aspiri ng Nations UID:RFCALITEM639140817814817230 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Comparative Politics/International Relations


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Ryan D. Griffiths

Associate Professor\, P olitical Science

Syracuse University


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Wh at\nis the strategy of secession and how do tactics vary by the kind of\ni ndependence movement? I argue that the rules and informal practices regard ing\nstate recognition create a strategic playing field – the Sovereignty Game –\nbetween existing states and aspiring nations. In order to win sove reign\nstatehood\, an aspiring nation has to compel and persuade their hom e state and\nthe international community to recognize them. This book expl ains how they go\nabout it\, the dynamics that follow\, and how tactics va ry according to local\nconditions. It combines original data\, fieldwork i n a dozen breakaway regions\,\nmore than 100 interviews with secessionist leaders\, and case studies on\nCatalonia\, the Murrawarri Republic\, West Papua\, Bougainville\, New Caledonia\,\nand Northern Cyprus.


Ryan Griffiths focuses on the dynamics of secession and the study of sovereignty\, state systems\, and international orders. In his work on sec ession\, Griffiths emphasizes the international and domestic causes of sec essionist conflict over time. These causes are articulated in his book&nbs p\;Age of Secession: The International and Domestic Determinants of St ate Birth \;(Cambridge University Press\, 2016). Griffiths also i nvestigates the organization of the international system\, especially as i t relates to national sovereignty and different types of political order. Previously\, he taught at both the University of Sydney in Australia and a t John Hopkins University. He also served as a visiting assistant professo r at the Barcelona Institute for International Studies and as a visiting f ellow at Yale University’s Macmillan Center. He earned a PhD in internatio nal relations and comparative politics at Columbia University in 2010.


For more information contact Dan McDowell\, dmcdowel@syr.edu. \; For accessibility accommoda tions\, please contact jmhoran@syr.edu

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