| List of Figures and Tables | |
| About the Contributors | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Ch. 1 | Spreading Fear: The Genesis of Transnational Ethnic Conflict | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Ethnic Dissimilation and Its International Diffusion | 35 |
| Ch. 3 | Tactical Information and the Diffusion of Peaceful Protests | 61 |
| Ch. 4 | Transnational Ethnic Ties and Foreign Policy | 89 |
| Ch. 5 | Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict | 107 |
| Ch. 6 | Is Pandora's Box Half Empty or Half Full? The Limited Virulence of Secessionism and the Domestic Sources of Disintegration | 127 |
| Ch. 7 | The Spread of Ethnic Conflict in Europe: Some Comparative-Historical Reflections | 151 |
| Ch. 8 | Ethnicity, Alliance Building, and the Limited Spread of Ethnic Conflict in the Caucasus | 185 |
| Ch. 9 | Containing Fear: The Management of Transnational Ethnic Conflict | 203 |
| Ch. 10 | Minority Rights and the Westphalian Model | 227 |
| Ch. 11 | Ethnicity and Sovereignty: Insights from Russian Negotiations with Estonia and Tatarstan | 251 |
| Ch. 12 | Transnational Ethnic Conflict in Africa | 275 |
| Ch. 13 | Preventive Diplomacy and Ethnic Conflict: Possible, Difficult, Necessary | 293 |
| Ch. 14 | Putting Humpty-Dumpty Together Again | 317 |
| Ch. 15 | Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement | 339 |
| References | 351 |
| Index | 379 |
