International Recognition and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Dr. Nikola Mirilovic recently published an article in Politics and Religion titled, “Two States in the Holy Land?: International Recognition and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” The article was co-authored with Dr. David Siroky. A brief summary of the article is below.

How do states decide to extend or withhold international recognition in cases of contested sovereignty? Israel is a United Nations (UN) member with the largest number of non-recognitions from other UN member states, and Palestine is the UN non-member with the largest number of recognitions by UN members. We focus on how religion shapes the incentives of states in making recognition decisions, both at the domestic level through religious institutions and at the international level through religious affinities.

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