Research Catalog

Title

De facto states and land-for-peace agreements : territory and recognition at odds? / Eiki Berg and Shpend Kursani.

Author

Berg, Eiki

Publication

Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York : Routledge, 2022.

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Details

Additional Authors

Kursani, Shpend, 1984-

Description

x, 183 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in intervention and statebuilding.

Alternative Title

Defacto states and land for peace agreements

Subject

• Sovereignty
• Boundaries
• Recognition (International law)
• De facto doctrine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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

Call Number

JFE 22-2354

ISBN

• 9780367485139
• 0367485133
• 9781032182186
• 1032182180

LCCN

2021034975

OCLC

1260664557

Author

Berg, Eiki, author.

Title

De facto states and land-for-peace agreements : territory and recognition at odds? / Eiki Berg and Shpend Kursani.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York : Routledge, 2022.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

Routledge studies in intervention and statebuilding.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Kursani, Shpend, 1984- author.

Other Form:

Online version: Berg, Eiki. De facto states and land-for-peace agreements First Edition. New York : Routledge, 2022 9781003041436 (DLC) 2021034976

Research Call Number

JFE 22-2354