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The alternative diplomacy of experimental states in 1917-1925. James Roslington , University of Cambridge roslington@hotmail.com. Unrecognised / partially recognised new claims to sovereignty per year, 1910-39.
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The alternative diplomacy of experimental states in 1917-1925 James Roslington, University of Cambridge roslington@hotmail.com
Unrecognised / partially recognised new claims to sovereignty per year, 1910-39
‘Because it was a transparently constructed entity in a contested region, Manchukuo provides a window into the modern processes of nation making, state building and identity formation.’ • PrasenjitDuara, Sovereignty and authenticity: Manchukuo and the East Asian modern (2003)
Kokand Autonomy (1917-1918); Idel-Ural State (1917-18);Alash Autonomy (1917-20);Ukrainian People’s Republic (1917-20); Belarussian People’s Republic (1918); Kuban People’s Republic (1918-20);Republic of Alsace-Lorraine (1918); Banat Republic (1918); Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic (1918); Finnish Socialist Workers’ Republic (1918) Free Territory (1918-20); Lemko Republic (1918-20); Slovak Soviet Republic (1919); Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919); Free State Bottleneck (1919-23); Republic of Prekmurje (1919); North Caucasian Emirate (1919-20); Persian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1); Free State of Fiume (1920-4); Lajtabánság (1921); Labin Republic (1921); Republic of Mirdita(1921); Serbian-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic (1921); Republic of the Rif (1921-5); Rhenish Republic (1923-5)
Alternative diplomacy of the experimental states • The re-ordering of the world • Parallel diplomacy • ‘Open diplomacy’