Contents

List of maps vii
Acknowledgements ix

Introduction 1
1 Nationalism and self-determination 8
2 The 'nation' as a 'people' 24
3 The principle of uti possidetis in Latin America 69
4 The principle of uti possidetis in Asia and Africa 118
5 The national question and internal administrative
borders in Yugoslavia, 1918 91 135
6 The international response to and course of the Yugoslav
secessions 160
7 The Badinter Commission: secession, self-determination
and uti possidetis 204
8 Conclusion 244
Appendix: table of cases 254
Select bibliography 257
Index 262