Strategic Rivalries in World Politics

Position, Space and Conflict Escalation

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Av Michael P. Colaresi, Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, Michael P. (Michigan State University) Colaresi, Karen (Indiana University) Rasler, William R. (Indiana University) Thompson

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-01-10
Mått150 x 226 x 20 mm
Vikt520 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor330
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521707619

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Part I. About Strategic Rivalries: 1. An introduction to strategic rivalries; 2. Defining and identifying strategic rivalries in world politics; 3. Describing strategic rivalries; Part II. The Dangers of Strategic Rivalries: Crisis Behavior and Escalation: 4. Protracted conflict and crisis escalation; 5. Serial crisis behavior and escalating risks; Part III. Playing to Type: Spatial and Positional Issues in Strategic Rivalries: 6. Contiguity, space and position in the major power subsystem; 7. Initiating and escalating positional and spatial rivalries; Part IV. Filling in Some Steps to War: 8. Arms buildups and alliances in the steps-to-war theory; 9. Contested territory and conflict escalation; Part V. Strategic Rivalries and Conflict: 10. Inducements, facilitators, and suppressors.

'Strategic Rivalries in World Politics makes several substantive contributions to our understanding of rivalries. First, the conceptual and empirical distinctions between spatial and positional rivalries are a major contribution to the literature that treats all rivalries as the same. Second, a number of the empirical findings challenge or reinforce past findings about rivalries and thereby extend our knowledge of those phenomena. Yet, the contributions are not confined to the rivalry genre. A nice feature of the book is that the authors use rivalries to gain insights into the validity and utility of some important models and works in international conflict. They demonstrate that considering international conflict in the rivalry context changes or enhances the insights gained from several prominent approaches.' Paul F. Diehl, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign