Professor Dominic Johnsons new paper on an evolutionary basis for territorialism discussed
A paper co-authored by Dominic Johnson has been discussed in an article for Slate magazine (28 March).
The article says:
[W]hen it comes to territory, states often behave in ways that seem illogical to outsiders. [...]
In the most recent issue of the journal International Security,Monica Duffy-Toft and Dominic Johnson, political scientists at Oxford,argue that a new theoretical framework is neededto analyze such behavior, one rooted in evolutionary biology.
