A research paper published at “European Journal of International Relations” / Naosuke Mukoyama, Associate Professor
A research paper titled “The Eastern cousins of European sovereign states? The development of linear borders in early modern Japan” published at European Journal of International Relations by Naosuke Mukoyama, Associate Professor.
(Overview)
The conventional accounts of the history of the sovereign state system assume that territorial sovereignty originated in Europe and spread to the rest of the world through colonial expansion. Focusing on early modern Japan, this article challenges that assumption by showing that there was a similar territorial order outside Europe that developed in parallel with its European counterpart.