Perspectives on Secession: Theory and Case Studies

Introduction.- Self-Determination and Secession: The Normative Discourse Yesterday and Today.- Secession in the Post-Truth, Post-Order World: A View from Africa.- Democracy, Realism and Independence Referendums.- Neomedievalism and International Recognition: Explaining the Level of Recognition via Networking.- Foreign Interference in Secession Movements Through the Lens of Game Theory.- Military Intervention in Aid of Secession: Kosovo and its Aftermath.- The Viability of De Facto States: Cases from the Caucasus and the Horn of Africa.- A Mid-Rainy-Season Night's Dream: Cyber-Secessionism in Cameroon, 2016-2018.- "Free Trieste Movement": A First Russian Intervention in Domestic Politics of a Western Country?.- Conclusion.