Settling for less: why states colonize and why they stop

1 Introduction

2 A Theory of Settler Colonialism

3 Hit the Road, Jakarta: Indonesia's Colonization of West Papua

4 White Australia or White Elephant? Australia's Failed Colonization of Papua New Guinea and the Northern Territory

5 Best Friends Make the Worst Enemies: Demographic Engineering during the Sino-Soviet Split (with Anna Zhang)

6 Belt and Road to Nowhere: China's Ongoing Struggle to Colonize Xinjiang

7 Settler Colonialism around the World in the Late Twentieth Century

8 Conclusion: Decolonization, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.