Self-determination, Resources and Borders: Introduction to the Special Issue
Journal: International Journal on Minority and Group Rights
Year: 2015

Lancaster University on 13 June 2014.This conference took place in the context of the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea earlier in March, but sought to address tensions over borders more widely.A key assumption in the UN system is that changes in political and economic relations can take place between states within established borders.However, not only in Russia's asserted 'near abroad', but also in Asia, a shifting balance of power has stoked territorial tensions.In Asia many of these h