A Minimum Of Rivalry

Author : Philip Streich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429754357

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The Ever-Changing Sino-Japanese Rivalry by Philip Streich Pdf

What explains the ebb and flow of the Sino-Japanese rivalry? Why do the two states sometimes choose to escalate or de-escalate the rivalry? Does domestic politics play a role? Examining the historic and contemporary relationship between China and Japan through the lens of the interstate rivalry literature, Streich analyzes two periods of Sino-Japanese rivalry and the reasons for their ever-changing nature. He looks both at how rivalry theory can help us to understand the relationship between the two countries and how this relationship can in turn inform rivalry theory. His results find that domestic politics and expected costs play a large role in determining when each state decides when to escalate, de-escalate, or maintain the status quo. This book is an essential guide to understanding the historical development and contemporary status of the Sino-Japanese rivalry.

Author : Surinder Mohan
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472220632

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Complex Rivalry by Surinder Mohan Pdf

While a substantial body of research explains how the conflict between India and Pakistan originated and developed over time, a systematic and multivariate inquiry cutting across different IR paradigms to understand this rivalry is rare or limited. Surinder Mohan contributes to the understanding of India and Pakistan’s rivalry by presenting a new type of framework, also known as complex rivalry model. This comprehensive model, by not limiting its theoretical tool-kit to any single paradigm, is unique in its approach and better positioned to debate and answer baffling questions that the single-paradigm-based studies address rather inadequately and in isolation. This book, through an examination of fifty-seven militarized disputes between 1947 and 2021, explains the life cycle of India-Pakistan rivalry in four phases: initiation; development; maintenance; and a possible transformation/termination. Mohan delineates five specific conditions that evolved the subcontinental conflict into a complex rivalry: first, its survival in spite of the Bangladesh War and the end of the Cold War; second, its linkage with other rivalries; third, the inclusion of nuclear factor; fourth, the dyadic stability in the militarized disputes and hostility level despite changes in the regime type; and fifth, the dyad’s involvement in a multilayered conflict pattern. To break this deadlock and mitigate their longstanding differences, Mohan proposes that India and Pakistan must reframe their national priorities and political goals so that the new situation or combinations of conditions would assist their peace strategists to downgrade the dyadic hostility and implement risky policies to make headway to a promising transformation.

Author : Paul Diehl,Gary Goertz
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0472088483

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War and Peace in International Rivalry by Paul Diehl,Gary Goertz Pdf

How do enduring rivalries between states affect international relations?

Author : Reuven Brenner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521385849

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Rivalry by Reuven Brenner Pdf

A theory of business enterprise and rivalry is developed from the assumption that decisions to undertake new ventures and readiness to take risks are related to fears of being hierarchically outranked.

Author : Steve Chan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107435667

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Enduring Rivalries in the Asia-Pacific by Steve Chan Pdf

Enduring rivalries recurrently ensnare states in militarized disputes and wars. Are they poised to intensify in the Asia-Pacific, a region characterized by regime and cultural differences, territorial contests, and competing nationalist and regime claims? It is often argued that these conditions and recent power shifts are likely to lead to conflict escalation and contagion, especially in Sino-American relations. Steve Chan's book challenges this common view and argues instead that Asia-Pacific rivalries are likely to be held in abeyance. He suggests that the majority of leaders in the region wish to base their political legitimacy on their economic performance rather than popular mobilization against foreign enemies. Economic interdependence and political multilateralism have restrained and in some cases reversed rivalries. Although Asia-Pacific states will continue to quarrel, Chan argues that their relations are more stable today than at any other time since 1945.

Author : Greg Cashman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742566521

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What Causes War? by Greg Cashman Pdf

Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this classic text presents a comprehensive survey of the many alternative theories that attempt to explain the causes of interstate war. For each theory, Greg Cashman examines the arguments and counterarguments, considers the empirical evidence and counterevidence generated by social-science research, looks at historical applications of the theory, and discusses the theory’s implications for restraining international violence. Among the questions he explores are: Are humans aggressive by nature? Do individual differences among leaders matter? How might poor decision making procedures lead to war? Why do leaders engage in seemingly risky and irrational policies that end in war? Why do states with internal conflicts seem to become entangled in wars with their neighbors? What roles do nationalism and ethnicity play in international conflict? What kinds of countries are most likely to become involved in war? Why have certain pairs of countries been particularly war-prone over the centuries? Can strong states deter war? Can we find any patterns in the way that war breaks out? How do balances of power or changes in balances of power make war more likely? Do social scientists currently have an answer to the question of what causes war? Cashman examines theories of war at the individual, substate, nation-state, dyadic, and international systems level of analysis. Written in a clear and accessible style, this interdisciplinary text will be essential reading for all students of international relations.

Author : Wendy Carlin,Mark E. Schaffer,Paul Seabright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Competition
ISBN : OCLC:1192874592

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A Minimum of Rivalry by Wendy Carlin,Mark E. Schaffer,Paul Seabright Pdf

Author : Manus I. Midlarsky
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0472067249

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Handbook of War Studies II by Manus I. Midlarsky Pdf

Essays reflecting the most recent theoretically and empirically-oriented research on international warfare

Author : Zachary P. Neal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317607076

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Handbook of Applied System Science by Zachary P. Neal Pdf

The Handbook of Applied System Science is organized around both methodological approaches in systems science, and the substantive topic to which these approaches have been applied. The volume begins with an essay that introduces three system science methods: agent-based modeling, system dynamics, and network analysis. The remainder of the volume is organized around three broad topics: (1) health and human development, (2) environment and sustainability, and (3) communities and social change. Each part begins with a brief introductory essay, and includes nine chapters that demonstrate the application of system science methods to address research questions in these areas. This handbook will be useful for work in Public Health, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Political Science, Environmental Studies, Urban Studies, and Psychology.

Author : Derek S. Reveron,Nikolas K. Gvosdev,John A. Cloud
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190680367

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The Oxford Handbook of U.S. National Security by Derek S. Reveron,Nikolas K. Gvosdev,John A. Cloud Pdf

National security is pervasive in government and society, but there is little scholarly attention devoted to understanding the context, institutions, and processes the U.S. government uses to promote the general welfare. The Oxford Handbook of U.S. National Security aims to fill this gap. Coming from academia and the national security community, its contributors analyze key institutions and processes that promote the peace and prosperity of the United States and, by extension, its allies and other partners. By examining contemporary challenges to U.S. national security, contributors consider ways to advance national interests. The United States is entering uncharted waters. The assumptions and verities of the Washington consensus and the early post-Cold War have broken down. After 15 years of war and the inability of two presidents to set a new long-term U.S. foreign policy approach in place, the uncertainties of the Trump administration symbolize the questioning of assumptions that is now going on as Americans work to re-define their place in the world. This handbook serves as a "how to" guide for students and practitioners to understand the key issues and roadblocks confronting those working to improve national security. The first section establishes the scope of national security highlighting the important debates to bridge the practitioner and scholarly approaches to national security. The second section outlines the major national security actors in the U.S. government, describes the legislative authorities and appropriations available to each institution, and considers the organizational essence of each actor to explain behavior during policy discussions. It also examines the tools of national security such as diplomacy, arms control, and economic statecraft. The third section focuses on underlying strategic approaches to national security addressing deterrence, nuclear and cyber issues, and multilateral approaches to foreign policy. The final section surveys the landscape of contemporary national security challenges. This is a critical resource for anyone trying to understand the complex mechanisms and institutions that govern U.S. national security.

Author : Barbara Kratiuk,Jeroen Van den Bosch,Aleksandra Jaskólska,Yoichiro Sato
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000851663

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Handbook of Indo-Pacific Studies by Barbara Kratiuk,Jeroen Van den Bosch,Aleksandra Jaskólska,Yoichiro Sato Pdf

This handbook explores the significance of the Indo-Pacific in world politics. It shows how the re-emergence of the Indo-Pacific in international relations has fundamentally changed the approach to politics, economics and security. The volume: explores the themes related to trade, politics and security for better understanding of the Indo-Pacific and the repercussions of the region's emergence studies different security and political issues in the region: military competition, maritime governance, strategic alliances and rivalries, and international conflicts analyses various socio-economic dimensions of the Indo-Pacific, such as political systems, cultural and religious contexts, and trade and financial systems examines the strategies of various states, such as the United States, Japan, India and China, and their approaches towards the Indo-Pacific covers the role of middle powers and small states in detail Interdisciplinary in approach and with essays from authors from around the world, this volume will be indispensable to scholars, researchers and students in the fields of international relations, politics and Asian studies.

Author : Paul C. Bressloff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461488668

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Waves in Neural Media by Paul C. Bressloff Pdf

​Waves in Neural Media: From Single Neurons to Neural Fields surveys mathematical models of traveling waves in the brain, ranging from intracellular waves in single neurons to waves of activity in large-scale brain networks. The work provides a pedagogical account of analytical methods for finding traveling wave solutions of the variety of nonlinear differential equations that arise in such models. These include regular and singular perturbation methods, weakly nonlinear analysis, Evans functions and wave stability, homogenization theory and averaging, and stochastic processes. Also covered in the text are exact methods of solution where applicable. Historically speaking, the propagation of action potentials has inspired new mathematics, particularly with regard to the PDE theory of waves in excitable media. More recently, continuum neural field models of large-scale brain networks have generated a new set of interesting mathematical questions with regard to the solution of nonlocal integro-differential equations. Advanced graduates, postdoctoral researchers and faculty working in mathematical biology, theoretical neuroscience, or applied nonlinear dynamics will find this book to be a valuable resource. The main prerequisites are an introductory graduate course on ordinary differential equations or partial differential equations, making this an accessible and unique contribution to the field of mathematical biology.

Author : Alexander Maier,Theofanis Panagiotaropoulos,Naotsugu Tsuchiya,Georgios A. Keliris
Publisher : Frontiers E-books
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889190690

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Binocular rivalry: a gateway to consciousness by Alexander Maier,Theofanis Panagiotaropoulos,Naotsugu Tsuchiya,Georgios A. Keliris Pdf

Brain-mind problems like consciousness have been stimulating the interest of philosophers and scientists since the ancient times. In the last decades, the dramatic development of neuroscience has allowed studying such phenomena at several different levels – from single neurons to behavior. Binocular rivalry, a paradigm dissociating the sensory input from the conscious perception during dichoptic viewing of incongruent images, has been a celebrated example of such a tool. During the last century, empirical research on binocular rivalry contributed the first important insights into the neuronal mechanisms of subjective visual perception. Recent advances in brain imaging and electrophysiological recording/stimulating techniques as well as novel theoretical concepts and analytical methods could be exploited to expand our knowledge on this fascinating phenomenon of visual perception and elucidate the neural processes underlying visual consciousness. This Research Topic aims to bring together contributions that could expand the current frontiers of knowledge in binocular rivalry. In particular we would like to focus on reviews, hypothesis & theory or original research articles that specifically combine novel concepts, analytical tools and neurophysiological techniques with binocular rivalry. We expect that these contributions will a) integrate the vast knowledge already existing in the field b) formulate and, when possible, address questions under the light of recent methodological advances in neuroscience and c) provide a benchmark that will stimulate future cutting edge research.

Author : Sumit Ganguly,William R. Thompson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804781732

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Asian Rivalries by Sumit Ganguly,William R. Thompson Pdf

The most typical treatment of international relations is to conceive it as a battle between two antagonistic states volleying back and forth. In reality, interstate relations are often at least two-level games in which decision-makers operate not only in an international environment but also in a competitive domestic context. Given that interstate rivalries are responsible for a disproportionate share of discord in world politics, this book sets out to explain just how these two-level rivalries really work. By reference to specific cases, specialists on Asian rivalries examine three related questions: what is the mix of internal (domestic politics) and external (interstate politics) stimuli in the dynamics of their rivalries; in what types of circumstances do domestic politics become the predominant influence on rivalry dynamics; when domestic politics become predominant, is their effect more likely to lead to the escalation or de-escalation of rivalry hostility? By pulling together the threads laid out by each contributor, the editors create a 'grounded theory' for interstate rivalries that breaks new ground in international relations theory.

Author : Daniel S. Geller,J. David Singer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521629063

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Nations at War by Daniel S. Geller,J. David Singer Pdf

Nations at War provides an explanation of war in international politics grounded on data-based, empirical research. The book classifies and synthesizes the research findings of over 500 quantitative analyses of war at the analytic level of the state, dyad, region, and international system. Because wars follow from political decisions, two basic decision-making models - the rational and the non-rational - are examined in relation to the explanatory framework of the volume. In addition, case analyses of two wars - the Iran/Iraq War (1980), and World War I (1914) - are provided as demonstrations of scientifically-based explanations of historical events. The primary structural factors responsible for the onset and seriousness of war are identified and the explanations are developed according to the scientific model of 'covering laws'. The conclusion presents a discussion of the potential for probabilistic conditional predictions of conflict within the context of war and peace studies.