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"Human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China, are drawing increasing international attention. Zero Tolerance provides a comprehensive accounting of this emerging crisis while contextualizing it in the historical record and the policies of the contemporary Chinese Communist Party. The book will be particularly valuable for students and scholars of terrorism, authoritarian politics, and military cooperation. It will also find eager readers in the defense and foreign policy communities"--
Sommario
1. Introduction; 2. Political Violence in Xinjiang; 3. Political Sensitivities; 4. Securitization and Repression in Xinjiang; 5. Foreign Policy; 6. Conclusion; 7. Technical Appendix; 8. Technical Appendix; 9. Technical Appendix; 10. Technical Appendix; References.
Info autore
Philip B. K. Potter is an Associate Professor of Politics and Founding Director of the National Security Policy Center in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.Chen Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Philosophy at the University of Idaho. Prior to UoI, he was an America in the World Consortium (AWC) Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University, a visiting scholar in the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at George Washington University, and a research fellow affiliated with the National Security Policy Center in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He studies international security and foreign policy.
Riassunto
Zero Tolerance reveals the complex interplay between state repression and Uyghur violence in Xinjiang. It exposes how Uyghur aspirations for self-determination challenge the foundations of the Chinese Communist Party's claim to authority. For students and scholars of terrorism, authoritarian politics, military cooperation, and national security.
Prefazione
Zero Tolerance analyzes the cycles of repression and violence that grip Xinjiang, clarifying the policies and interests that drive China's mistreatment of its Uyghur minority.
