Territorial Integrity Treaties and Armed Conflict over Territory

Paul R. Hensel, Michael E. Allison and Ahmed Khanani
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Paul R. Hensel: Department of Political Science, University of North Texas, USA
Michael E. Allison: Department of Political Science, University of Scranton, USA
Ahmed Khanani: Department of Political Science, Indiana University, USA

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2009, vol. 26, issue 2, 120-143

Abstract: We reconceptualize a territorial integrity norm that has been discussed in recent research, distinguishing between general guarantees of territorial integrity and proscriptions of the forcible acquisition of territory, and we measure the strength of this norm using treaties. Over the past two centuries, the general territorial integrity norm has reduced territorial conflict, but treaties proscribing only violent gains are associated with increased conflict.The norm's strongest effects stem from pressure by other states that have accepted the norm rather than from direct effects of treaties, and territorial integrity treaties have typically followed rather than preceded a reduction in territorial conflict.

Keywords: international norms; international treaties; territorial integrity; territorial conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0738894208101126

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