Nationality Questions and War
How Ethnic Configurations Affect Conflict Within and Between States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071550 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lars-Erik Cederman (0000-0002-8511-0617, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, corresponding author), Yannick Pengl (0000-0002-0373-0952, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland), Dennis Atzenhofer (ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland), Luc Girardin (0000-0002-8979-8228, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1495-1523 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00220027241312624 |
| OpenAlex | W4406953557 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 68 |
It is generally accepted that violations of state-nation congruence can cause conflict, but it remains unclear which configurations cause civil and interstate conflict, and how these conflict types interact. Inspired by Myron Weiner’s classical model of the “Macedonian Syndrome,” we propose an integrated theoretical framework that links specific nationality questions to both conflict types. Using spatial data on state borders and ethnic settlements in Europe since 1816, we show that excluded and divided groups are more likely to rebel and, where they govern on only one side of the border, to initiate territorial claims and militarized disputes. To make things worse, rebellion and interstate conflict reinforce each other where ethnic division coincides with partial home rule. We obtain similar findings for civil wars and territorial claims in a global sample post-1945. Yet governments shy away from engaging in interstate disputes to address nationality questions and instead support ethnic rebels abroad
Affect (linguistics · Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Immigration · Nationality · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Communication · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
Ethnicity and nationalism
Minorities at risk
States, Nations, and the Great Powers
From Voting to Violence
The ethnic origins of nations
Mapping the Germans
War and Peace in International Rivalry
The Dyadic Militarized Interstate Disputes (MIDs) Dataset Version 3.0
Nations and Nationalism
Mobilization and Conflict in Multiethnic States
States in Disguise
For Kin or Country
The Politics of Nation-Building
The Ties That Divide
Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War
Understanding Ethnic Violence
Nationalism Reframed
Power in Movement
Territorial Changes, 1816–1996
A revised list of independent states since the congress of Vienna
A Revised List of Wars Between and Within Independent States, 1816-2002
States and nationalism in Europe 1492?1992
Hypotheses on Nationalism and War
Nationalism, the Mass Army, and Military Power
Media technology, covert action, and the politics of exposure
The Future Is History
The Wars Within
Nationalism
Nation-Building through War
Ethnic groups in conflict
The Dark Side of Democracy
Ethnicity, the State, and the Duration of Civil War
The Macedonian Syndrome An Historical Model of International Relations and Political Development
Ethnonationalist Triads
Popular Sovereignty and Nationalism
Internal Constraints and Interstate Ethnic Conflict
Mapping the International System, 1886-2019
Dynamics and Logics of Civil War
Fighting at Home, Fighting Abroad
The Violent Consequences of the Nation
Contagion or Confusion? Why Conflicts Cluster in Space
Unwelcome Neighbors
Ethnicity Matters
Explaining the International Relations of Secessionist Conflicts
Ethnic Bargaining in the Shadow of Third-Party Intervention
The Politics of Territorial Claims
Built on Borders
The Territorial Integrity Norm
Combining Civil and Interstate Wars
Testing Clausewitz
Threats at Home and Abroad
The India-Pakistan Conflict
Toward a Fourth Generation of Revolutionary Theory
Redemption through Rebellion
Inside Irredentism
The Issue Correlates of War Territorial Claims Data, 1816-20011
Enduring Internal Rivalries
Transnational Dimensions of Civil War
Discrimination in International Relations
Armed Conflict 1946-2001
Ethnicity and civil war
Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |