Words or Swords: Russia's Strategies in Handling its Territorial Disputes

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Political Science (MSc)

Bobic, M. (2012)

Words or Swords: Russia's Strategies in Handling its Territorial Disputes

Advanced master thesis | Political Science (Advanced Master)

States can choose to cooperate, delay or escalate their territorial disputes, but there is a lack of understanding of strategy behind each choice. In this study, Russian territorial disputes are looked at using the theory of omnibalancing and the theory of preventive warfare, theories which have already been applied by Taylor Fravel in his analysis of the Chinese territorial disputes. The results of this research show that Fravel’s approach can explain a slight majority of Russia’s cases, but the explanatory power could be increased by changing certain premises of his theory.

theory of omnibalancing

theory of preventive warfare