Framing Irredentism: Ancient Statehood, Sacred Lands and Causes and the National Family
Journal: Nations and Nationalism
Year: 2025

ABSTRACT Although irredentism—the attempt by states to retrieve ‘lost’ lands and peoples—rarely occurs, it has highly destabilizing effects on international security and is difficult to resolve given the number of actors drawn into these conflicts. For this reason, a large body of research debates the range of factors that account for the convertibility of irredentist claims. The most plausible theories concern how material interests and ideational factors form interacting dynamics that compel n