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Conceptualizing ConflictSpace: Toward a Geography of Relational Power and Embeddedness in the Analysis of Interstate Conflict

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The concept of ConflictSpace facilitates the systematic analysis of interstate conflict data. Building on relational theories of power, we identify the spatiality of conflict as a combination of territorial and network embeddedness. The former is modeled through spatial analysis and the latter by social network analysis. A brief empirical example of the spread of World War I illustrates how the position of states within physical and network spaces explains their roles within a broader geography of territorial settings and network relations.

Source: Annals of the Association of American Geographers

DOI: 10.1080/00045600903253312

Authors: Colin Flint, Paul Diehl, Juergen Scheffran, John Vasquez, Sang-hyun Chi

Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: International Relations and Foreign Policy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign