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This accessible text—now with a chapter on the Russia-Ukraine War—brings together leading international relations scholars to assess the current research on the causes of war and what promotes peace. Considering fifty years of research, the contributors provide a student-friendly overview of current knowledge and a road map for future questions.
List of contents
Preface to the Revised Third Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Introduction
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and John A. VasquezPART I: FACTORS THAT BRING ABOUT WAR 1 Territory and Contentious Issues
Paul R. Hensel and Hein Goemans2 Dyadic Power Distributions and War
Daniel S. Morey and Kelly M. Kadera3 Deterrence Theory and Alliance Politics
Michael R. Kenwick and Roseanne W. McManus4 Arms Races
Susan G. Sample5 Rivalries and Crisis Bargaining
Seden Akcinaroglu and Elizabeth Radziszewski6 Nuclear Weapons
Matthew Fuhrmann7 Outcomes and Consequences of War
Stephen L. QuackenbushPART II: FACTORS THAT PROMOTE PEACE 8 The Liberal Peace
Michael Mousseau9 The Territorial Peace: Current and Future Research
Douglas M. Gibler and Steven V. Miller10 The Peace Puzzle: Understanding Transitions to Peace
Andrew P. Owsiak, Paul F. Diehl, and Gary Goertz11 Conflict Management of Territorial and Maritime Disputes
Emilia Justyna Powell and Krista E. WiegandPART III: EMERGING TRENDS IN INTERSTATE WAR RESEARCH 12 Cyber War
Brandon Valeriano, Ryan C. Maness, and Benjamin Jensen13 The Environment and Conflict: Water Wars
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and Yufan Yang14 Leaders and War
Scott Wolford15 War Financing and Foreign Debt
Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Paul Poast16 Trends in Interstate Conflict
Bear F. BraumoellerPART IV: CONCLUSION 17 Some Brief Observations on the Contemporary Study of War
William R. Thompson18 War and the Orient Express
Andrew P. Owsiak and Douglas B. Atkinson19 What Do We Know about War?
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and John A. Vasquez20 Afterword: The Russia-Ukraine War--What Can Quantitative Conflict Research Tell Us?
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and John A. VasquezReferences
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Contributors
About the author
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is the Professor and Collegiate Scholar of Political Science at the University of Iowa. John A. Vasquez is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.John A. Vasquez is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
