The concept of trust and/or trust management has received considerable attention in
engineering research communities as trust is perceived as the basis for decision making in …

This article reviews the key role that case study methods have played in the study of
international relations (IR) in the United States. Case studies in the IR subfield are not the …

China is now the lender of first resort for much of the developing world, but Beijing has
fueled speculation among policymakers, scholars, and journalists by shrouding its grant …

A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets,
managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any …

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar? The possibilities
are diverse. Some international organizations have just a few member states, while others …

An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study research
Multimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to …

Why do nations break into one another's most important computer networks? There is an
obvious answer: to steal valuable information or to attack. But this isn't the full story. This …

Contrary to expectations, economic interdependence has not tempered security conflict
between China and the United States. In response to perceived domestic and external …

Does growing economic interdependence among great powers increase or decrease the
chance of conflict and war? Liberals argue that the benefits of trade give states an incentive …

Security matters. It is impossible to make sense of world politics without reference to it. Every
day, people somewhere in the world are killed, starved, tortured, raped, impoverished …