Contribution to Book
Territory as a Source of Conflict and a Road to Peace
Sage Handbook on Conflict Resolution
(2009)
Abstract
Diplomats have long seen that territory is a persistent source of conflict, but what has not been known is that once neighbors settle their territorial disputes, they can have long periods of peace and prosperity, even if new salient issues arise. In this way, territory is a key both to war and to peace. This chapter will review the major findings on territory within the international relations field and discuss its implications for conflict resolution. Emphasis is placed on interstate war because this is where most of the research has occurred. Although there are implications for intrastate and civil war, more research in this area is needed before the conclusions here could be confidently applied to that area.
Keywords
- borders,
- conflict resolution,
- neighbors,
- peace,
- territorial dispute,
- territory,
- war
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Editor
Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk, I. William Zartman
Publisher
SAGE Publications
ISBN
9781412921923
DOI
10.4135/9780857024701
Citation Information
John A. Vasquez and Brandon Valeriano. "Territory as a Source of Conflict and a Road to Peace" Thousand OaksSage Handbook on Conflict Resolution (2009) p. 193 - 209 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brandon-valeriano/7/