March 24: Strategic settlement projects in post - colonial times

The Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies in cooperation with the Department of Political Science invites you to a research seminar on Strategic settlement projects in post-colonial times with Ehud Eiran.

Date: Monday, March 24, 2014 at 10:30 a.m.
Location: H-1220, Henry F. Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

Ehud Eiran

Associate professor, University of Haifa

State initiated settlement projects in disputed/occupied regions play a crucial role in determining both the contours of territorial conflicts and its outcomes. Israel's settlement project in the West Bank and Morocco's project in Western Sahara are considered by many scholars and practitioners as a major barrier to conflict resolution in both regions. The talk investigates these settlement projects and in particular explores why and under what conditions a small number of states initiated them in the post-colonial era.