Political Motivation and Annexations: A comparative study of the political motivation to annex a sovereign territory.
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2016

Unveiling political motivation as a feature in the actions of states has since the mid 20th century been a rising subject of interest in the academic research of International Relations. Research has predominatly focused on the incidence of war as a method to foster domestic support, however the manifestation of political stimulus streches past these events. The study aims to reasearch the political motivation behind annexations. By comparing the annexations of East-Timor and Tibet from a theore