Why Nations Fight
The Causes of the Nigeria–Cameroon Bakassi Peninsula Conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12976324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Obasesam Okoi (0000-0003-4908-0083, University of Manitoba, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-65 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1939-2206 • E-ISSN: 1939-2214 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19392206.2016.1132904 |
| OpenAlex | W2287211179 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This article examines the conditions under which state leaders chose to make territorial issues a point of contention using the Nigeria–Cameroon Bakassi Peninsula conflict as an empirical case. Drawing on the theoretical insights of neoclassical realism, the article surveys evidence from the importance of domestic political and economic conditions to the relevance of cultural and historical factors as well as from territorial and geopolitical issues to contend that the Nigeria–Cameroon conflict emerged from three theoretical logics: the territorial logic of aggression, the geostrategic logic of aggression, and the diversionary logic of aggression. The qualitative evidence is synthesized to enhance greater understanding of the domestic and international linkages that connect petroleum with territory and aggressive foreign policy
Aggression · Armed conflict · Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Epistemology · Foreign policy · Geography · Geopolitics · Peninsula · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realism · Relevance (law · Sociology · State (computer science · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |