Board #39 - The Logic of Borderland Violence: Colonial Borders, Postcolonial Governance, and the Transnational Dynamics of Terrorism and Militancy

• In Event: 74-314 - Poster Session: Postcolonialism, Sovereignty and International Law

Brief Overview

Analyzes 29 postcolonial states to show that artificial borders lead to border-zone violence only when early regional governance fails. Conflict stems not just from border design but from weak post-independence state capacity in peripheral regions.

Author

• Arshiya Shah, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign