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This volume pinpoints and explains the history, current conditions, and future of hot button topics in various politically and culturally charged areas of North America and Europe.

Table of Contents

Preface ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: Delineating the Hot Spots in the Worlds of Europe and North America TIMELINE: Historical Background and Recent Developments Involving in Hot Spots in the Western Democratic World and Post-Communist Europe Chapter 1: Globalization and Anti-Globalization Protest Part I EUROPE Chapter 2: The Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Cyprus International Rivalries Nationalism Refugee Issues Turkey The Secular Islamic State Keeping the Republic International Politics Religious Extremism Chapter 3: The Balkans The Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina State and Peace Building Constitutional Reform Disarming the Paramilitaries The Economy -Education Reform -Human Rights -Police Reform Refugees and Returnees Kosovo Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) NATO Intervention Quest for Conflict Resolution: UNMIK UNs Supervised Kosovo Plan Macedonia Border Tensions The Ohrid Agreement Chapter 4: Central Europe The Romani Chapter 5: Eastern Europe Corruption and Criminal Activity Economic Decline and Austerity Imperial Remnants International Territorial Disputes Lukashenkos Regime in Belarus Ukraines Democracy Moldova Transnistria Chapter 6: Russia and the Caucasus Armenia, and Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Politics and Oil Georgia Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Ajara Political Turmoil Russia Chechnya Instability in Autonomous Republics Terrorism Chapter 7: Western Europe Anti-Foreigner Violence Homegrown Terrorism Muslim Cultures France Immigration and Ethno-Cultural Conflict Nationalism and Separatism in Corsica Spain Basque Nationalism and Separatism Euzakadi ta Aratasuna (ETA) Terrorism United Kingdom Great Britain: Racial Unrest and Home Grown Terrorism Northern Ireland: Partitian or London Part II NORTH AMERICA Chapter 8: Canada Nationalism and Separatism in Quebec Chapter 9: The United States Single-Interest Extremists Immigration A Bibliographical Note: Thoughts on Conducting Research on the Here and Now Annotated Bibliography Index

About the Author

Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. is Professor of Political Science at Towson University. He has published numerous books and articles on ethnic violence and politics, including Greenwood's Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts (2003). He has also worked as an election supervisor in the Balkans regions since 1997, and has worked as a risk consultant for international oil and pipeline companies.