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Roots of the Modern Interstate Border Dispute

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  • Robert Mandel

    (International Affairs Department Lewis and Clark College)

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Recently there has been a flare-up of several significant international border disputes. This study examines when these disputes are most likely to arise, when they will escalate into war, and when they will spread beyond the original national participants. Specifically, this article hypothesizes that the frequency of border disputes is highest between nations that have (1) roughly equal levels of power and (2) relatively low levels of technology; that the severity of these disputes is highest when there is (3) a low level of technology, (4) contention on ethnic rather than resource issues, and (5) a two-state rather than three-state “mutually-contiguous†set; and that the scope of these disputes is highest between nations that are (6) members of opposing blocs rather than the same bloc. Data on 66 border dispute cases during 1945–1974 confirm these hypotheses.

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  • Robert Mandel, 1980. "Roots of the Modern Interstate Border Dispute," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 24(3), pages 427-454, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:24:y:1980:i:3:p:427-454
    DOI: 10.1177/002200278002400303
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    1. James Paul Wesley, 1962. "Frequency of wars and geographical opportunity," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 6(4), pages 387-389, December.
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    1. Francesco Caselli & Massimo Morelli & Dominic Rohner, 2015. "The Geography of Interstate Resource Wars," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 130(1), pages 267-315.

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