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The Political Economy of Territorial Ambitions
Jeff ColganBrown University
Nov 2016
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Great transformations
End of empire Democratic peace
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Core claim
Why did states’ territorial preferences change in the 20th century?
Claim: Preferences shaped by combination of• Energy modernization• Regime type
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Two Intellectual Moves
• Democratic Peace is fundamentally intertwined with economic factors– Not just economic– But ‘democratic triad’ is inaccurate
• Key role of economics is within states, not interdependence
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Energy modernization
• Energy modernization = stage of development when engines powered by fossil fuels or electricity become dominant. – Distinct from 19thC industrialization
• Multiple effects, but key is shift in domestic political coalitions
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Dates of energy modernity
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Theory
• Energy modernity empowers sectors that do not favor foreign occupation (generally)– Primary sector shrinks, in relative terms– Finance sector grows, and changes its interests
• Regime type affects probability that narrow interests favoring war can seize power
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Monadic Predictions
HighLow
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Strong Varies,but weaker on average
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Energy Modernity
DV: Preference for Foreign Territory
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Research design• Qualitative perspective on four time periods
– DV = preferences; not directly observable– Correspondence testing on the IVs and DV for each of
6 states in each period– But also check the causal mechanisms by process
tracing
• Quantitative approach: dyadic regression analysis of conflict – Existing analysis of MIDs supports theory– Analysis awaits better measure of “territorial conflict”
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1850-1900
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•UK
•France
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Energy Modernity
•Germany
•USA
•Russia•Japan
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1900-1930
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•UK•France
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Energy Modernity
•Germany
•USA
•Russia•Japan
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1930-1960
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• UK• France
Reg
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Energy Modernity
• Germany
• USA
• Russia• Japan
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1960-2000
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Energy Modernity
• USA
• Russia
• Japan• Germany• UK• France
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Conclusion
• Energy modernization lowers preferences for territory and imperialism
• Contributions:– Provides more satisfying account of Long
Peace– Provides a corrective to the negative way
energy is often view in the existing literature– But: Israel as a deviant case
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Appendix
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Energy Modernity Index
WB sector data covers 1960-2014Energy data covers 1816-2014
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Methods• DV: Territorial preferences
– Not directly observable– Inferred from three behaviors
• Territorial conflicts• Long-term occupation after military victory• Decolonization
• IV1: Energy modernization– Quantified index based on three variables
• IV2: Democracy– Dichotomous measure based on Polity IV score
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USA
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UK
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Germany
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France
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Japan
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USSR
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