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Good Fences, Bad Neighbors: Border Fixity and International Conflict
Border fixity - the proscription of foreign conquest and the annexation of homeland territory - has, since World War II, become a powerful norm in world politics. This development has been said to increase stability and peace in international relations. Yet, in a world in which it is unacceptable to challenge international borders by force, sociopolitically weak states remain a significant source of widespread conflict, war, and instability. In this book, Boaz Atzili argues that the process of state building has long been influenced by external territorial pressures and competition, wit.
These Islands are Ours: The Social Construction of Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 136, Heft 3, S. 589-591
ISSN: 1538-165X
State weakness and "vacuum of power" in Lebanon
In: Studies in conflict & terrorism, Band 33, Heft 8, S. 757-782
ISSN: 1057-610X
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State Weakness and "Vacuum of Power" in Lebanon
In: Studies in conflict and terrorism, Band 33, Heft 8, S. 757-782
ISSN: 1521-0731
When Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Fixed Borders, State Weakness, and International Conflict
In: International security, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 139-173
ISSN: 1531-4804
Since the end of World War II, the norm of fixed borders—the proscription against foreign conquest and annexation of homeland territory—has gained prevalence in world politics. Although the norm seeks to make the world a more peaceful place, it may instead cause it to become more conflict prone. Among sociopolitically weak states—states that lack legitimate and effective governmental institutions—fixed borders can actually increase instability and conflict. Adherence to the norm of fixed borders can lead to the perpetuation and exacerbation of weakness in states that are already weak or that have just gained independence. It does so by depriving states of what was traditionally the most potent incentive to increase efforts of state building: territorial pressures. By creating conditions that are rife for the spillover of civil wars and by supplying opportunities for foreign predation, sociopolitically weak states in a world of fixed borders have become a major source of interstate conflict in much of the developing world. Investigation into one case, the war in Congo, reveals the plausibility and the potential force of this argument. Good fences indeed can make bad neighbors.
The virtues and vices of fixed territorial ownership
In: The SAIS review of international affairs / the Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Band 27, Heft 2, S. 95-108
ISSN: 1945-4716
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The Virtues and Vices of Fixed Territorial Ownership
In: SAIS Review, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 95-108
Today, territorial ownership of states is essentially fixed, in marked contrast to earlier periods in history. This change has affected states in two very different ways. In regions in which most states are socio-politically strong, fixed territorial ownership is a blessing. It enhances peace, stability, and cooperation between states. In regions in which most states are socio-politically weak, however, fixed territorial ownership is largely a curse. It perpetuates and exacerbates states' weakness, and contributes to internal conflicts that often spill over across international borders. Adapted from the source document.
The Virtues and Vices of Fixed Territorial Ownership
In: SAIS review, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 95-108
The Virtues and Vices of Fixed Territorial Ownership
In: The SAIS review of international affairs / the Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Band 27, Heft 2, S. 95-108
ISSN: 1945-4724
When good fences make bad neighbors: fixed borders, state weakness, and international conflict
In: International security, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 139-173
ISSN: 0162-2889
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The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and the Indivisibility of Territory
In: Nationalism and ethnic politics, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 157-159
ISSN: 1353-7113
The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and the Indivisibility of Territory
In: Nationalism and ethnic politics, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 527-529
ISSN: 1353-7113
Preconditions to State Building: Making the Case for Comparison
In: Good Fences, Bad Neighbors, S. 57-72
The Theory and Practice of Borders
In: Good Fences, Bad Neighbors, S. 10-30