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This Central Intelligence Agency conference report, dated October 1995, contains the proceedings of a conference on ethnic conflict held 30 September to 1 October 1993. The CIA's Geographic Resources Division sponsored it. Academic geographers, anthropologists and US Government officials presented papers on ethnic and territorial conflict in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and South Asia. They also discussed what these conflicts mean for US policy. The document contains no UFO material.
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C00123268 References (continued) between ethnic gioup aspirations and government pol- of the role that elites play in the development of ethnic icies. The study also examines the significance of geo- movements. The study provides interesting insights graphical context for minority group goals. into the circumstances that are likely to lead to ethnic mobilization. Murphy, Alexander B. "Territorial Policies in Multi- ethnic States." GeographicalReview, 79 (4), 1989; . The Ethnic Originsof Nations. Oxford: Basil pp. 410-421. An overview of the nature and impact of Blackwell, 1986. A seminal work on the nature of eth- different kinds of ethnoterritorial policies in culturally nicity and nationalism. The study adopts a historical heterogenous states. The study shows that territorial approach to show the continuities and discontinuities policies are not necessarily pluralist in intent and between modern ethnic nationalism and its premodern effect. antecedents. "Urbanism and the Diffusion of Substate White, George W. "The Territorial Dimension of Hun- Nationalist Ideas in Western Europe." History of garian Ethnic Identity." Yearbook of the Association of EuropeanIdeas, 15 (4-6), 1992; pp. 639-645. An Pacific Coast Geographers,44, 1992; pp.23-48. A examination of the importance of settlement structure thoughtful overview of Hungarian territorial issues in for the development and dissemination of ethnona- the aftermath of World War I. The study highlights the tionalist ideas. Te study points to the importance of- importance of group sense of territory in the delimita- an urban base for a minority group's ability to extract tion of national boundaries. concessions from state authorities. Williams, Colin H. and Smith, Anthony D. "The Rumley, Dennis and Minghi, Julian V., eds. The Geog- National Construction of Social Space." Progressin raphy of BorderLandscapes.London: Routledge, Human Geography, 7 (4), 1983; pp. 502-518. A good 1991. An interesting collection of essays looking at overview of the ways in which geography is impli- the various ways in which groups use landscapes to cated in ethnicity and ethnic relations. The article establish and maintain borders for political and cul- focuses on a variety of spatial and territorial issues tural purposes. The book includes case studies from a that are relevant to ethnic conflict. variety of different settings. Wixman, Ronald. "Applied Soviet Nationality Policy: Sack, Robert D. Human Territoriality:Its Theory and A Suggested Rationale." In PasseTurco-Tatar- History. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University PrisentSovietique: Etudes Offertes &Alexandre Ben- Press, 1986. A major statement on human efforts to nigsen. Edited by Ch. Lemercier-Quelquejay, G. Vein- exert control over geographical space. The study dis- stein, and S. E. Wimbush. Louvain: Editions Peeters, cusses the historical development of territoriality, 1986; pp. 449-468. An interesting case study that examines some of the reasons for adopting a territorial shows how ethnic territories have been manipulated to approach, and indicates some of the implications of- achieve particular political ends. The study focuses such an approach. attention on the importance of the historical develop- ment of territorial structures for ethnic group relations. Smith, Anthony D. "Nationalism, Ethnic Separatism, and the Intelligentsia." In NationalSeparatism.Edited by Colin H. Williams. Vancouver: University of-Brit- ish Columbia Press, 1982; pp. 17-41. A good analysis 14
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