Author: M. Taylor Fravel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400828872
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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As China emerges as an international economic and military power, the world waits to see how the nation will assert itself globally. Yet, as M. Taylor Fravel shows in Strong Borders, Secure Nation, concerns that China might be prone to violent conflict over territory are overstated. The first comprehensive study of China's territorial disputes, Strong Borders, Secure Nation contends that China over the past sixty years has been more likely to compromise in these conflicts with its Asian neighbors and less likely to use force than many scholars or analysts might expect. By developing theories of cooperation and escalation in territorial disputes, Fravel explains China's willingness to either compromise or use force. When faced with internal threats to regime security, especially ethnic rebellion, China has been willing to offer concessions in exchange for assistance that strengthens the state's control over its territory and people. By contrast, China has used force to halt or reverse decline in its bargaining power in disputes with its militarily most powerful neighbors or in disputes where it has controlled none of the land being contested. Drawing on a rich array of previously unexamined Chinese language sources, Strong Borders, Secure Nation offers a compelling account of China's foreign policy on one of the most volatile issues in international relations.
Author: Judith Bell
Publisher: Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex, U.K. : Longman ; Detroit, Mich., U.S.A. : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. and Canada by Gale Research Company
ISBN:
Category : Boundary disputes
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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This completely updated edition covers some 80 contemporary border and territorial disputes throughout the world. It is arranged geographically in five sections covering Europe; Africa; the Middle East; the Far East and the Pacific; and the Americas and Antartica. The contributors provide an objective and factual guide to the historical origins and development of each dispute, the current status in each case, and the attitudes of the states involved. Each dispute is also illustrated by a map showing the particular border or territory at issue. ISBN 0-8103-2543-8 (Gale) : $120.00 (For use only in the library).
Author: Alfred Gerstl
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004312188
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339
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Unresolved Border, Land and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia, edited by Alfred Gerstl and Mária Strašáková, sheds light on various unresolved and lingering territorial disputes in Southeast Asia and their reflection in current inter-state relations in the region. The authors, academics from Europe and East Asia, particularly address the territorial disputes in the South China Sea and those between Vietnam and Cambodia and Thailand and Cambodia. They apply International Relations theories in a wider regional and comparative perspective. The empirical analyses are embedded in a concise theoretical discussion of the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and borders. Furthermore, the book discusses the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other multi-track mechanisms in border conflict mediation. Contributors are: Petra Andělová, Alica Kizeková, Filip Kraus, Josef Falko Loher, Padraig Lysaght, Jörg Thiele, Richard Turcsányi, Truong-Minh Vu and Zdeněk Kříž.
Author: John B. Allcock
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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This is a guide to significant disputes worldwide, covering all existing official disputes between governments, as well as situations where unofficial or popular aspirations to territorial change exist. Disputes currently dormant are also examined to ensure that readers are able to research the background to a dispute that may suddenly flare up.
Author: Jorge I. Domínguez
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boundary disputes
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Author: Tim F. Liao
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131703855X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this volume offers a rare forum for a serious analysis of the territorial dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands between China and Japan. To understand the complexity of the dispute and to find peaceful solutions, we must reach beyond the confines of a single discipline and perspective. The volume deconstructs conflicting perspectives on the two sides of the dispute. Territorial disputes often become symbolic expressions of nationalistic rivalries, particularly as political claims for territories escalate and economic competition for resources between countries intensifies. Cutting through the political rhetoric on both sides of the controversy and bringing together a group of eight scholars from the disciplines of history, international relations, law, political science, and sociology, this book analyzes the relevant history, international law, multilateral relations, political agendas, and social and collective memory, to shed light on this difficult dispute. Taken together, the chapters of the book propose short-term, medium-term, and long-term peaceful solutions for going beyond the impasse of the current territorial dispute.
Author: Paul Diehl
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134903189
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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This book charts the incidence of territorial changes and military conflicts from 1816 to 1980. Using statistical and descriptive analysis, the authors attempt to answer three related sets of questions: * When does military conflict accompany the process of national independence? * When do states fight over territorial changes and when are such transactions completed peacefully? * How do territorial changes affect future military conflict between the states involved in the exchange?
Author: Krista Eileen Wiegand
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820339466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
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Of all the issues in international relations, disputes over territory are the most salient and most likely to lead to armed conflict. In this study, Krista E. Wiegand examines why some states are willing and able to settle territorial disputes while others are not.
Author: Rongxing Guo
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136630457
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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This book examines the problems of boundary demarcation and its impact on territorial disputes, and offers techniques to manage and resolve the resulting conflicts. Historically, most civil conflicts and internal wars have been directly related to boundary or territorial disputes. Cross-border discord directly affects the sustenance and welfare of local populations, often resulting in disease, impoverishment, and environmental damage as well as creating refugees. Although the impact of territorial disputes is great, they can often be settled through bilateral, and sometimes multilateral, agreements or international arbitration. This book sets out to probe into the problems of existing techniques on boundary demarcation and to test their possible impacts on boundary and territorial disputes. Various factors and their influences on cross-border tensions are tested, either qualitatively or quantitatively. After close examination of dozens of the most significant cases, the book presents various alternative solutions to the achievement of cross-border cooperation in disputed territories. An ‘art of avoiding war’ is included within the book, comprising six key schemes and five negotiating techniques. The comparative advantages, costs and benefits of each of these is analyzed and evaluated. This book will help guide practitioners in territorial disputes and will be of interest to students of conflict management, international security, peace and conflict studies, political violence and IR in general.
Author: Thomas Bickl
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030533336
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 373
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This book re-constructs the evolution of the border conflict between Croatia and Slovenia. The aim is to reveal the processes at work, the historical and contemporary circumstances, and the strategies and motives of the actors involved. The book highlights the roles of the European Union and of judicial third parties in the management of the conflict. Further, it considers the precedent-setting value of the Slovenian-Croatian conflict, the attempts at its resolution, and what they mean for the ongoing and prospective EU enlargement in South East Europe. Internal documents and interviews are at the heart of this process-tracing analysis, which discusses the third-party roles of the European Commission and the EU Council Presidency in 2008/2009 as a mediator-facilitator in the drafting stages of the arbitration agreement, and the judicial work of the arbitration tribunal and the EU Court of Justice. Lastly, the book offers policy recommendations on how to strengthen dispute resolution and solve current bilateral issues in the EU accession process.
