We seek to answer the question, What effect does international war participation have on the
ability of political leaders to survive in office? We develop a model of political reliability and …

Patrick Morgan's book is an authoritative study of the place of deterrence in the modern
world. After the Cold War relations between states with nuclear arsenals have been …

Introduction to Political Psychology explores the many psychological patterns that influence
individual political behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of theories …

An important and timely contribution to International Relations and political science, this is
the first general analysis of deterrence since the end of the Cold War. Using non-cooperative …

What are the cutting edge debates in global political economy? This book presents an
invaluable overview of all the major contemporary debates and approaches at the forefront …

Power Transition theory is a dynamic and structural model for analyzing fundamental shifts
in global power. The theory itself, while maintaining its core concepts, has metamorphosed …

According to the NATO's collective defence strategy and the principle of deterrence,“no one
should doubt NATO's resolve if the security of any of its members were to be threatened”. In …

We present a unified theory and test of extended immediate deterrence—unified in the
sense that we employ our theoretical deterrence model as our statistical model in the …

The literature on international conflict is divided on the impact of nuclear proliferation on
state conflict. The optimists' argument contends that nuclear weapons raise the stakes so …

This article argues that classical (or rational) deterrence theory is logically inconsistent,
empirically inaccurate and prescriptively deficient. In its stead it offers an alternative …