▪ Abstract International relations theory has long seen the origins, conduct, and termination
of war as a bargaining process. Recent formal work on these issues draws very heavily on …

States formalize some relations into military alliances. A formal commitment could increase
credibility by signaling an intention to come to the aid of another state or by creating …

A state in the international system implicit in realism must allocate its limited resources
between satisfying its intrinsically valued ends and the means of military power. I formalize …

War and the State exposes the invalid arguments employed in the unproductive debate
about Realism among international relations scholars, as well as the common fallacy of …

The previous several decades have witnessed a growth in empirically based theories of
international conflict. To those of us actively doing research and writing in this field, as …

What accounts for the development of the Arab states system from the explosive mix of Arab
nationalism and sovereignty to their simultaneous existence? To understand this …

In spite of its widespread use, no one has ever stated clearly what the distinction between
bipolar and multipolar systems refers to. Moreover, some common definitions of “bipolarity” …

The relation between stability and the distribution of power is an important and long-debated
problem in international relations theory. The balance-of-powcr school argues that an even …

This essay seeks to offer a new structural account of the outbreak of World War II and a more
determinate balance-of-power theory based on two modifications of Kenneth Waltz's theory …

Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial
issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes …