Table Of ContentKinship and Diasporas in International Affairs
Kinship & Diasporas
in International Affairs
/Yossi Shain
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Shain, Yossi, 1956–
Kinship and diasporas in international affairs / Yossi Shain.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn-13: 978-0-472-09910-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn-10: 0-472-09910-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Transnationalism. 2. International relations. 3. National
characteristics. 4. Jewish diaspora. I. Title.
jz1320.s53 2007
327.101—dc22 2007012896
To my friends Avi & Tali
Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
1 Dynamics of Disintegration: Diaspora, Secession,
and the Paradox of Nation-States 9
2 Diasporic Financial Flows and Their
Impact on National Identity 31
3 Transnational Religion and the Struggle
for Jewish Pluralism 65
4 The Role of Diasporas in Con›ict Perpetuation
or Resolution 101
5 Diasporas and International Relations Theory 127
Appendix: A Note on Kinship and the Law 155
Notes 161
Index 193
Illustrations
Table 1. The In›uence of Nation Type on Diaspora and
Secession Processes 12
Figure 1. Diasporic Conditions in Ideofocal Libertarian States 24
Figure 2. The Link between Diasporic Financial Flows and
International Relations 37
Figure 3. The Components of National Identity 43
Figure 4. The Vehicles for Transmission of the Effects of
IEIS Flows on National Identity 48
Acknowledgments
This book is a culmination of research and writing
on kinship and diasporas over the last decade. Most chapters represent an
extension and elaboration on previously published materials. Chapters 1
and 2 were written, in the original format, in collaboration with Martin
Sherman, whose scholarship and clear thinking enriched me greatly. In
chapter 3 I drew, in addition to my own work, on my collaborative works
with Barry Bristman. Chapter 4 was originally conceived in a joint proj-
ect with Tamara Cofman-Wittes, a superb scholar of con›ict resolution.
It ‹rst appeared in Yossi Shain and Tamara Cofman, “Peace as a Three
Player Game: The Role of Diasporas in Con›ict Resolution,” in Thomas
Ambrosio, ed., Ethnic Identity Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy (Westport:
Praeger, 2000). Some ideas in this chapter also appear in Yossi Shain and
Ravinatha P. Aryasinha, “Spoilers or catalysts? The Role of Diasporas in
Peace Processes,” in Edward Newman and Oliver Richmond, eds., Chal-
lenges to Peacebuilding: Managing Spoilers During Con›ict Resolution (New
York: United Nations University Press, 2006). Chapter 5 was originally
published with Aharon Barth, who taught me so much about interna-
tional relations theory and its application. I would like to thank the fol-
lowing journals for their permission to reprint material for this book:
International Organization, Political Science Quarterly, Nations and National-
ism, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, and SAIS Review.
Throughout this work I have bene‹ted greatly from other scholars
and students who have worked with me on other projects and writings
that are not represented in this volume but in›uenced my thinking
nonetheless. Above all I am grateful to Tanja Flanajan and Ariel Ahram,
my superb assistants and cowriters. I am also indebted to my colleagues
and friends Robert Lieber, Gil Merom, Josh Mitchell, Aharon Klieman,
Avi Ben Zvi, and Azar Gat for their ideas and support.
xii acknowledgments
Fellowships from the Center for International Studies in the
Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, the Center for
Democracy and the Third Sector, and the Posen Foundation have helped
me in conceiving and ‹nalizing this project. I am also grateful for all the
support I received from Georgetown University’s Department of Gov-
ernment and Tel Aviv University’s School of Government, my two gen-
erous academic homes. Evgeni Kluber and Jessica Gheiler helped in
preparing the index.
Finally, I would like to thank Erin Carter and the staff of the Univer-
sity of Michigan Press for their outstanding editing skills; Melissa
Spence, my invaluable assistant and deputy director at Georgetown Uni-
versity’s Program for Jewish Civilization; and Limor Rachmanov, my
devoted assistant at Tel Aviv University.
Abbreviations
ADL-Ramgavars Armenian Democratic Liberal Party
AIPAC American-Israel Public Affairs Committee
ANIA Irish Americans for a New Irish Agenda
ARF Armenian Revolutionary Federation
ASSR Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party
CJF Council of Jewish Federations
CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
IDF Israel Defense Forces
IEIS Intraethnic Interstate
IR International Relations
IRA Irish Republican Army
KLA Kosovo Liberation Army
NORAID Irish Northern Aid Committee
SDH Social Democratic Hunchakian Party
UIA United Israel Appeal
UJA United Jewish Appeal
UJC United Jewish Communities
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