The Dynamics of Enduring Rivalries
Title | The Dynamics of Enduring Rivalries PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Francis Diehl |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780252066733 |
It's hard to think of Israel without also remembering the country's long-standing problems with its Arab neighbors. Similarly, India and Pakistan have long been less than cordial to each other. The concept of enduring rivalries and conflicts tantamount to militarized competition between two states is rapidly emerging as a subject of research in international relations. The nine contributors to The Dynamics of Enduring Rivalries place the concept in its empirical and theoretical context, exploring how such rivalries arise, what influences their development, and when and how they may escalate to war.
War and Peace in International Rivalry
Title | War and Peace in International Rivalry PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Diehl |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2001-10-22 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780472088485 |
How do enduring rivalries between states affect international relations?
Bound by Struggle
Title | Bound by Struggle PDF eBook |
Author | Zeev Maoz |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780472112746 |
Explains the origins and dynamics of enduring rivalries between countries
War and Peace in International Rivalry
Title | War and Peace in International Rivalry PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Diehl |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2010-06-02 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0472026917 |
This book provides the first detailed analysis of international rivalries, the long-standing and often violent confrontations between the same pairs of states. The book addresses conceptual components of rivalries and explores the origins, dynamics, and termination of the most dangerous form of rivalry--enduring rivalry--since 1816. Paul Diehl and Gary Goertz identify 1166 rivalries since 1816. They label sixty-three of those as enduring rivalries. These include the competitions between the United States and Soviet Union, India and Pakistan, and Israel and her Arab neighbors. The authors explain how rivalries form, evolve, and end. The first part of the book deals with how to conceptualize and measure rivalries and presents empirical patterns among rivalries in the period 1816-1992. The concepts derived from the study of rivalries are then used to reexamine two central pieces of international relations research, namely deterrence and "democratic peace" studies. The second half of the book builds an explanation of enduring rivalries based on a theory adapted from evolutionary biology, "punctuated equilibrium." The study of international rivalries has become one of the centerpieces of behavioral research on international conflict. This book, by two of the scholars who pioneered such studies, is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject. It will become the standard reference for all future studies of rivalries. Paul F. Diehl is Professor of Political Science and University Distinguished Teacher/Scholar, University of Illinois. He is the coeditor of Reconstructing Realpolitik and coauthor of Measuring the Correlates of War. Gary Goertz is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona, and is the coauthor with Paul Diehl of Territorial Change and International Conflict.
Strategic Rivalries in World Politics
Title | Strategic Rivalries in World Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Michael P. Colaresi |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2008-01-10 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139468790 |
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.
The India-Pakistan Conflict
Title | The India-Pakistan Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | T. V. Paul |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2005-11-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521855195 |
This volume, first published in 2005, analyses the persistence of the India-Pakistan rivalry since 1947.
Conflict Dynamics
Title | Conflict Dynamics PDF eBook |
Author | Alethia H. Cook |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0820338338 |
Conflict Dynamics presents case studies of six nation-states: Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Peru. In the book, Alethia H. Cook and Marie Olson Lounsbery examine the evolving nature of violence in intrastate conflicts, as well as the governments and groups involved, by focusing on the context of the relationships involved, the capacities of the conflict's participants, and the actors' goals. The authors first present a theoretical framework through which the changeable mix of relative group capacities and the resulting tactical decisions can be examined systematically and as conflicts evolve over time. They then apply that framework to the six case studies to show its usefulness in better understand-ing conflicts individually and in comparison. While previous research on civil wars has tended to focus on causes and outcomes, Conflict Dynamics takes a more comprehensive approach to understanding conflict behavior. The shifting nature of relative group capacity (measured in many different ways), coupled with dynamic group goals, determines the tactical decisions of civil war actors and the paths a rebellion will take. The case studies illustrate the relevance of third parties to this process and how their interventions can influence tactics. The progression of violence in conflicts is inextricably linked to the decisions made in their midst. These influence future iterations of the conflictual relationship. Complex groups on both sides both drive and are driven by the decisions made. Understanding conflicts requires that these reciprocal impacts be considered. The comparative frame-work demonstrated in this book allows one to flesh out this complexity.