1. The Basque Conflict and ETA: The Difficulties of an Ending
- Author:
- Teresa Whitfield
- Publication Date:
- 12-2015
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Abstract:
- Violence at the hands of the Basque separatist organization ETA was for many years an anomalous feature of Spain’s transition to democracy. This report, which draws on the author’s book Endgame for ETA: Elusive Peace in the Basque Country (Hurst and Oxford University Press, 2014), explains why this was the case, examines both the factors that contributed to ETA’s October 2011 announcement of an end to violence and the obstacles encountered in moving forward from that announcement to disarmament and dissolution, and extracts lessons relevant for other contexts.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution, Political Violence, Armed Struggle, Territorial Disputes, and Counter-terrorism
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Spain