Strategic Rivalries in World Politics - Couverture souple

Colaresi, Michael P.

 
9780521707619: Strategic Rivalries in World Politics

Synopsis

International conflict is neither random nor inexplicable. It is highly structured by antagonisms between a relatively small set of states that regard each other as rivals. Examining the 173 strategic rivalries in operation throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book identifies the differences rivalries make in the probability of conflict escalation and analyzes how they interact with serial crises, arms races, alliances and capability advantages. The authors distinguish between rivalries concerning territorial disagreement (space) and rivalries concerning status and influence (position) and show how each leads to markedly different patterns of conflict escalation. They argue that rivals are more likely to engage in international conflict with their antagonists than non-rival pairs of states and conclude with an assessment of whether we can expect democratic peace, economic development and economic interdependence to constrain rivalry-induced conflict.

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À propos des auteurs

Michael P. Colaresi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University.

Karen Rasler is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University.

William R. Thompson is Rogers Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University.

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521881340: Strategic Rivalries in World Politics: Position, Space and Conflict Escalation

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  052188134X ISBN 13 :  9780521881340
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008
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