New Directions for International Relations

Alex Mintz is the Cullen-McFadden Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and Senior Fellow in United Nations Studies at Yale University. He is the coeditor of Foreign Policy Analysis and an associate editor for the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Bruce Russett is Dean Acheson Professor of International Relations and Polical Science and Director of United Nations Studies at Yale University. He is past president of the International Studies Association and the Peace Science Society.

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Method-of-Analysis Problem in International RelationsChapter 3 Four Methods and Five RevolutionsPart 4 New DirectionsChapter 5 International Relations: A Network ApproachChapter 6 Visualization in International RelationsChapter 7 The Postwar Public Health Effects of Civil ConflictChapter 8 Alliances and the Expansion and Escalation of Militarized Interstate DisputesChapter 9 Separation of Powers, Lawmaking, and the Use of Military ForceChapter 10 Democracies Prefer to Negotiate: Institutionalized Democracy, Diversion, and Statecraft during International CrisesChapter 11 When Likely Losers Choose WarChapter 12 Enforcing Peace: Suppressing Extremists without Losing the ModeratesChapter 13 Are Leaders Susceptible to Negative Political Advice? An Experimental Study of High-Ranking Military Officers

This diverse and innovative collection of studies demonstrates that researchers engaged in the systematic study of international politics are continuing, after forty years of effort, to develop new approaches and to address contemporary issues.