This book is about the peaceful resolution (PR) of territorial and maritime disputes and
states' strategic behavior vis-à-vis methods of peaceful resolution: bilateral negotiations,
good offices, inquiry, conciliation, mediation, arbitration, and adjudication. The authors
argue that the high stakes associated with settlement of territorial and maritime disputes, the
diversity of PR methods employed, and unpredictability of outcomes push states to
strategize. Strategic considerations undergird states' choice of the particular PR methods …

For the most part, after the Second World War the use of force to take control of sovereign
territory was deemed unacceptable. Instead, states pursued peaceful resolution under
international law to settle their territorial and maritime disputes. Although there are multiple
examples of forced territorial annexations post-1945, Emilia Justyna Powell and Krista E.
Wiegand contend that most states that engaged in conflict preferred “either to maintain the
status quo or to actively seek peaceful solutions”(p. 22). The book explores the propensity …