Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART I; Introduction; PART II; 1 Dynamics of ethnonationalist mobilization and occurrence of conflicts in asymmetric federations; 2 USSR and SFRY -- sources of war and peace in asymmetric ethnofederations; PART III; 3 Russia and Serbia -- the core as the key; 4 The Periphery I -- early to rise, early to fight?; 5 The Periphery II -- mobilizational laggards and interethnic conflicts; 6 The Periphery III -- the conflict near misses; PART IV; Conclusion; Index