Ron E. Hassner

Winter 2007/08

"Correspondence: Time and the Intractability of Territorial Disputes"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 32

By Stacie Goddard, Former Research Fellow, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2001-2002, Jeremy Pressman, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002-2003 and Ron E. Hassner

Stacie Goddard and Jeremy Pressman respond to Ron Hassner's Winter 2006/07 International Security article, "The Path to Intractability: Time and the Entrenchment of Territorial Disputes."

Winter 2006/07

"The Path to Intractability: Time and the Entrenchment of Territorial Disputes"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 31

By Ron E. Hassner

In territorial disputes, time is not on the peacemakers' side. Changing perceptions of a (sometimes insignificant) territory's integrity, boundaries, and value—when coupled with physical constraints on its expansion and settlement—can entrench a dispute for years or decades, making it that much more difficult to resolve.