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Territorial wars and absolute outcomes
Research & politics, Vol.8(3), pp.1918-1934
07/01/2021
Web of Science ID: WOS:000697969200001
Abstract
Why do some wars end with an absolute outcome, with state death or regime change? I argue that we are more likely to see absolute outcomes when we have territorial disputes with the potential for credible commitment problems and asymmetric disputants. In the absence of credible commitment problems, disputes are less likely to recur, and states are unlikely to seek to absorb the opponent state or remove its government. Among more symmetric disputants, states cannot impose an absolute outcome, and we are more likely to see recurrent disputes in the face of credible commitment problems. Only in very asymmetric dyads are we likely to have both the required willingness and opportunity to impose absolute outcomes to attempt to solve a credible commitment problem over territorial conflict.
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- Title
- Territorial wars and absolute outcomes
- Publication Details
- Research & politics, Vol.8(3), pp.1918-1934
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 6
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2021.
- Identifiers
- WOS:000697969200001; 99380571797106600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government
- Language
- English