17.436 | Fall 2004 | Graduate

Territorial Conflict

Calendar

Lec # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
2 Scope and Definitions  
3 Sources I: Territoriality, Nationalism and Homelands  
4 Sources II: Geography, Resources and the State  
5 Revisionism, Expansion and Territorial Conflict Research proposal due 2 days after lecture 5
6

Anarchy, Power and Territorial Conflict

Cases: Badme and the Gulf Islands

 
7

Diversion, Domestic Mobilization and Territorial Conflict

Case: The Falklands

 
8 Boundary Management and Territorial Conflict  
9

Settlement I: Empirics

Case: Algeria-Morroco

 
10 Settlement II: Mechanisms  
11 The Future of Territorial Conflict  
12 Student Presentations  
13 Student Presentations (cont.) Research paper due 2 days after lecture 13

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