What Do We Know about Interstate War?
Appraising Theory and Research on War and on Peace
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Conference Papers
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
October 15-17, 2010
John A. Vasquez, Conference Organizer
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Part I: Factors that Increase the Probability of War
1. Territory: Paul Hensel
Territory: Geography, Contentious Issues, and World Politics
2. Alliances, Correlates of War Research: Choong-Nam Kang
Alliances: Path to Peace or Path to War?
3. Alliances, ATOP Research: Brett Benson
ATOP Data, Alliances, and Deterrance
4. Arms Races: Susan Sample
Arms Races: A Cause or a Symptom?
5. Rivalry: Paul Diehl and Gary Goertz
The Rivalry Process: How Rivalries Are Sustained and Terminate
6. Becoming Rivals: Brandon Valeriano
Becoming Rivals: The Process of Rivalry Development
7. Capability: Daniel Geller
Nuclear Weapons and War
Part II: Factors that Promote Peace
8. Norms and the Democratic Peace: Sara M. Mitchell
Norms Still Matter: What the Systemic Democratic Peace can Teach us about Conflict Processes
9. Democratic Peace or a Territorial Peace?: Douglas M. Gibler
The Implications of a Territorial Peace
10. War Making, State Making, and Peace: Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson
War Making and State Making: How and Where Does it Fit into a Bigger Picture?
11. A Market-Capitalist or a Democratic Peace?: Michael Mousseau