Alliance formation and conflict initiation: The missing link

Article Abstract:

A fresh look is taken at the nature of the relationship between alliance formation and conflict initiation as existing research on the subject brings up complicated and various answers due to the misspecification of the relationship. An attempt is made to link alliances and conflicts based on the case that the decision to fight and the decision to ally arise from the same causal factors.

International relations, International mediation

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Dispute initiation and alliance obligations in regional economic institutions

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Multilateral trade agreements are more and more incorporated with alliance obligations, as is the case with regional economic institutions (REIs) that are seen to function as institutional deterrents to aggression. The influence of REIs on dispute initiation is examined and it is observed that among African states such commitments do reduce dispute initiation.

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Network polarization, network interdependence, and international conflict, 1816-2002

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The effect of polarization and interdependence on systemic conflict is studied. The two are considered as properties of system structure and an attempt is made to find empirical evidence that connects different types of interdependence to conflict and peace at the systemic level.

Analysis, Polarization (Social sciences)

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