Rivalries are a fundamental aspect of all international interactions. The concept of rivalry suggests that historic animosity may be the most fundamental variable in explaining and understanding why states commit international violence against each other. By understanding the historic factors behind the emergence of rivalry, the strategies employed by states to deal with potential threats, and the issues endemic to enemies, this book seeks to understand and predict why states become rivals. The recent increase in the quantitative study of rivalry has largely identified who the rivals are, but not how they form and escalate. Questions about the escalation of rivalry are important if we are to understand the nature of conflictual interactions. This book addresses an important research gap in the field by directly tackling the question of rivalry formation. In addition to making new contributions to the literature, this book will summarize a cohesive model of how all interstate rivalries form by using both quantitative and qualitative methods and sources.
The U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving President Lyndon Johnson the power to use force if necessary . Johnson sent U.S. combat forces to Vietnam . The War became unpopular in the U.S. and led to Johnson's decision ...
From Egyptian cyberpunk to dubbed versions of Shrek in Iran, this book examines the emergence of new forms of culture in circulation and their geopolitical implications.
Où va le monde et que peuvent les hommes ?
S. 76–78 . 1266 ist überdies eine Leprosensiedlung bei St. Mauritz bezeugt ( SUB IV , S. 43-45 , Nr . 47 ) . 83 84 Für Breslau : MATEUSZ GOLIŃSKI : Podstawy gospodarcze mieszczaństwa wrocławskiego w XIII wieku , Wrocław , 1991.
Wari culture and its influence in Andean prehistory is investigated here from a variety of geographic locales.
... Canada - et en particulier la nation canadienne - française telle qu'elle existait en 1900- a aussi connu à l'exemple des États - Unis une intense activité de refondation nationale tout au long du xxe siècle . La nation canadienne ...
Immigration makes up about 40 percent of population growth in the United States each year. Examine how and why people move from one place to another in Migration and Settlement, one of the titles in the World Geography series.
This book takes into account diffusion, an old and persistent concept in the social sciences which has been rarely applied in sociology to religions or even ideologies.