| ID | 188006 |
| Title Proper | Theorizing Territorial Withdrawal |
| Other Title Information | the Need to Think Strategically |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pinfold, Rob Geist |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines what factors cause states to withdraw from foreign territorial interventions. Scholarly analyses of withdrawal are rare, whilst within the broader research area of territorial conflict, studies are often dichotomized into neorealist or constructivist-inspired works, emphasizing a select few variables and one level of analysis alone. We argue these excessive simplifications of international politics lack utility for understanding territorial withdrawal. Instead, we employ the principles of strategic theory informed by a Clausewitzian paradigm, and construct a framework of three “arenas of bargaining,” spanning multiple variable-types and levels of analysis, to explain territorial withdrawal. In so doing, the analysis delineates a comprehensible and novel theoretical framework for understanding an under-researched policy problem. |
| `In' analytical Note | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol. 45, No.4-6; Apr-Jun 2022: p.285-310 |
| Journal Source | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol: 45 No 4-6 |
| Key Words | Theorizing Territorial Withdrawal |