Territorial Contestation, Extra-Regional Intervention, and the Peace–Conflict Continuum in West Asia Introduction West Asia (Middle East) occupies a distinctive position within international politics as a region where historically sedimented territorial disputes, contested sovereignties, and great-power interventions intersect to produce a protracted peace–conflict continuum. Unlike episodic interstate wars elsewhere, conflict in West Asia is structurally embedded … Continue reading To what extent do historical territorial disputes and contested sovereignties impede durable peace in West Asia? How do extra-regional power interventions shape the peace–conflict continuum in the region?