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Past Experience, Quest for the Best Forum, and Peaceful Attempts to Resolve Territorial Disputes

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  • Krista E. Wiegand

    (Department of Political Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA, kwiegand@georgiasouthern.edu)

  • Emilia Justyna Powell

    (Department of Political Science, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA)

Abstract

Does a state’s past win/loss record affect its subsequent choices of peaceful dispute resolution methods in territorial disputes? We present a theory that portrays attempts at peaceful resolution as a strategic process, by which states search for the most favorable forum. During the process of decision making, a state strategically chooses between several methods of peaceful resolution; its final choice is based on the state’s past experience with this particular method. Empirical analysis of all attempts at peaceful resolution of territorial disputes from 1945 to 2003 shows that challenger states use their own record of victories and failures, as well as the win/ loss record of the target as indicators of the probability of winning in a subsequent dispute. This pattern is especially strong for the binding third-party methods, arbitration, and adjudication.

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  • Krista E. Wiegand & Emilia Justyna Powell, 2011. "Past Experience, Quest for the Best Forum, and Peaceful Attempts to Resolve Territorial Disputes," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 55(1), pages 33-59, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:55:y:2011:i:1:p:33-59
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    1. Mondré, Aletta, 2011. "Choosing a forum for peaceful dispute settlement," TranState Working Papers 153, University of Bremen, Collaborative Research Center 597: Transformations of the State.

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