Les Disputes Frontalières : Territoriales, Positionnelles et Fonctionnelles

Abstract

This paper starts with a review of the literature on border disputes; It deals with our way of apprehending border disputes in their different forms, from the perspectives of our past and current understanding of what war is. The thesis presented here is that the recent systematic approach to what war is, leads to a more precise definition of border disputes; and in particular territorial disputes as the leading cause of war in modern history.

Keywords

• border disputes
• territorial disputes
• positional disputes
• functional disputes
• war