Grounds for peace; territoriality and conflict resolution

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Abstract

Changes toward the de-territorialising of sovereignty and the corresponding emergence of various global institutions, associated with globalisation, can offer new incentives and possibilities for the resolution of seemingly intractable ethno-national conflicts, by rethinking them in a transnational context. Peace processes in Northern Ireland and Israel shared a common vision, associating conflict resolution with global integration, but differed profoundly in their structures, dynamics and outcomes. The Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland was based on a complex power-sharing model between Protestants and Catholics, which would supposedly allow both to express their national identity. On the other hand, the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, despite the vision of the globalised 'New Middle East', was based on partition that would lead to the making of two separate states. The dynamics and outcomes of the peace processes in Israel/Palestine and Northern Ireland provide for a comparative study of these approaches in the wider context of globalisation and their contribution to the transformation of the conflict and, consequently, its stability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)147-166
Number of pages20
JournalGeopolitics
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Apr 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Political Science and International Relations

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