Conceptualizing ConflictSpace: Toward a Geography of Relational Power and 
Embeddedness in the Analysis of Interstate Conflict

Flint, Colin; Diehl, Paul; Scheffran, Juergen; Vasquez, John; Chi, Sang-hyun

doi:10.1080/00045600903253312

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Conceptualizing ConflictSpace: Toward a Geography of Relational Power and Embeddedness in the Analysis of Interstate Conflict

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Flint, C., Diehl, P., Scheffran, J., Vasquez, J., & Chi, S.-h. (2009). Conceptualizing ConflictSpace: Toward a Geography of Relational Power and Embeddedness in the Analysis of Interstate Conflict. ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS, 99(5), 827-835. doi:10.1080/00045600903253312.

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The concept of ConflictSpace facilitates the systematic analysis of interstate conflict data. Building on relational theories of power, we identify the spatiality of conflict as a combination of territorial and network embeddedness. The former is modeled through spatial analysis and the latter by social network analysis. A brief empirical example of the spread of World War I illustrates how the position of states within physical and network spaces explains their roles within a broader geography of territorial settings and network relations.