Settlers in Contested Land: Territorial Disputes and Ethnic Conflicts
A book review in search of the common threads in settler-based conflicts
In the edited volume ‘Settlers in Contested Land: Territorial Disputes and Ethnic Conflicts’, Professors Haklai and Loizides delve into seven complex cases of which five are ongoing intractable conflicts. They have written extensively on settler disputes.
Settler-based conflict analysis is a relatively recent niche in the field of conflict analysis, despite evidence of settler-based conflict spanning millennia in world history.
In referring to insights from key contributors on the politics of settlers in territorial disputes in the 20th century, the editors strengthen the claim that settler-based conflict is a distinct phenomenon. In exploring the specifics of each conflict, the editors together with chapter authors conduct a comparative investigation, seeking to identify common patterns in settler-related conflicts.
Settlers are Facts on the Ground
A settlement is defined as a ‘political action involving the organized movement of a population belonging to one national…
