De Facto States and Land-for-Peace Agreements

Territory and Recognition at Odds?
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-48513-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

This book presents an analytical framework which assesses how 'land-for-peace' agreements can be achieved in the context of territorial conflicts between de facto states and their respective parent states.

The volume examines geographic solutions to resolving ongoing conflicts that stand between the principle of self-determination (prompted by de facto states) and the principle of territorial integrity (prompted by parent states). The authors investigate the conditions under which territorial adjustments can bring about a possibility for peace between de facto states and their parent states. It does so by interrogating the possibility of land-for-peace agreements in four de facto state–parent state pairs, namely Kosovo–Serbia, Nagorno–Karabakh–Azerbaijan, Northern Cyprus–Republic of Cyprus, and Abkhazia–Georgia. The book suggests that the value that parties put on land to be exchanged and peace to be achieved stand at odds for land-for-peace agreements to materialise. The book brings theoretical and empirical insights that open several avenues for discussions on the conservative stance that the international community has held on territorial changes in the post-1945 international order.

This book will be of much interest to students of statebuilding, state formation, secessionism, political geography, and international relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berg, Eiki

Kursani, Shpend

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Sovereignty contestations and emergence of de facto states 2. Territorial aspects of conflict settlements and the recognition conundrum 3. Bringing land-for-peace in the study of de facto states: An analytical framework 4. Lessons from the past: Land-for-peace in the Arab–Israeli conflict 5. Kosovo–Serbia land swap under mutual recognition 6. Exchanging occupied territories for a mutually recognised status of Nagorno-Karabakh 7. Territorial adjustments in Northern Cyprus: An accepted slice of an unaccepted chunk 8. The status of the Gali region in Abkhazia: A non-starter for negotiations Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Eiki Berg is Professor of International Relations at the University of Tartu, Estonia.

Shpend Kursani is Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands.