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Irredentism

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Irredentism is usually understood as a desire that one state annexes a territory of a neighboring state. This desire is motivated by ethnic reasons because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to the population of the parent state, or by historical reasons because the territory formed part of the parent state before. However, difficulties in applying the concept to concrete cases have given rise to academic disputes about its precise definition. Disagreements concern whether either or both ethnic and historical reasons have to be present, whether non-state actors can also engage in irredentism, and whether attempts to absorb a full neighboring state are also included. Various scholars discuss different types of irredentism. One categorization distinguishes between cases in which the parent state exists before the conflict and cases in which a new parent state is formed by uniting an ethnic group spread across several countries. Another distinction concerns whether the target country is a state, a former colony, or a collapsed state.

Irredentism - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Territorial claim The term originated from the Italian phrase Italia irredenta ("unredeemed Italy"). [ 1 ] The green, red and purple areas in this map of Italy from 1919 show some of the areas which were claimed by Italian irredentists . Irredentism is one state 's desire to annex the territory of another state. This desire can be motivated by ethnic reasons because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to or the same as the population of the parent state. [ a ] Historical reasons may also be responsi

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