Bruce Mesquita - Principles of International Politics

Schelling, Thomas, 33, 135, 174

Schofield, Norman, 13 (note 3), 123

Schraeder, Peter, 394

Schultz, Kenneth A., 33, 78, 79, 113, 219

Schwartz, Thomas, 393

Segura, Gary, 209

Seinfeld, John, 271

Senese, Paul D., 519

Shakespeare, William, 479

Shorto, Russell, 485

Signorino, Curtis, 519

Sikkink, Kathryn, 26, 298

Simmons, Beth A., 197, 298, 311, 364

Singer, J. David, 24, 180, 195

Siverson, Randolph M., 24, 29, 33, 81, 202, 219, 229 (note 5), 230 (table), 231 (note 7), 231 (table), 234 (figure), 237, 308, 348, 446, 447, 449, 449 (note 4), 450, 452, 453 (figure)

Skinner, Kiron, 501

Slantchev, Brnaislav L., 169, 173, 214, 221, 450

Smith, Alastair, 29, 33, 76 (figure), 77, 79, 80 (note 4), 81, 85, 113, 136, 158, 163, 205 (note 1), 214, 219, 220–221, 222, 229 (note 5), 230 (table), 231 (note 7), 231 (table), 232, 234 (figure), 234 (note 8), 236, 236 (figure), 237, 243, 305, 308, 348, 384 (note 1), 392, 393, 395, 405, 405 (note 6), 413, 446, 447, 449, 449 (note 4), 450, 452, 453 (figure), 462

Snidal, Duncan, 23

Snyder, Jack, 446

Speer, Albert, 236

Sprinz, Detlef F., 282, 312

Spruyt, Hendrik, 520

Stam, Allan C., III, 168–169, 220, 231, 446, 447, 448, 450

Starr, Harvey, 53 (note 1)

Stedman, Stephen, 465

Stenquist, Paul, 277

Stephens, Evelyn Huber, 518

Stephens, John, 518

Stephenson, Jack, 277

Stephenson, Matthew, 251, 261, 262

Stokman, Frans N., 124

Strange, Susan, 198

Stuckey, John, 195

Sullivan, Michael P., 202

Svolik, M., 237, 451

Tabares, Tressa, 24

Tarar, Amar, 222–223, 450

Tate, Neal, 311

Taylor, Bruce, 251, 394

Taylor, Michael, 521

Tetlock, Philip, 125

Thompson, William R., 62

Thomson, Robert, 124

Tingley, Dustin H., 394 (note 5)

Tsebelis, George, 111, 118, 123

Tversky, Amos, 136

Tzu, Sun, 452

Urpeleainen, Johannes, 269

Uzan, Marc, 387

Vasquez, John A., 59

Walsh, Bryan, 286

Walter, Barbara, 428

Waltz, Kenneth N., 10, 23, 24, 101, 144, 176, 187–188, 195, 317

Ward, Michael D., 521

Watson, Julie, 347

Wayman, Frank W., 522

Weingast, Barry R., 242, 257, 260

Weiss, E. B., 312

Wendt, Alexander, 26, 197, 263, 312

Werner, Suzanne, 33

Wesiberg, Herbert, 18

Wilson, Julian, 284

Wong, Edward, 455

World Wildlife Federation, 286

Wright, Quincy, 519

Young, Oren, 311

Zagare, Frank C. 9

Zanardi, Maurizio, 222

Zeitzoff, Thomas, 57

Zelikow, Philip, 19 (note 4), 211, 212

Zhang, Guang, 394

Zinnes, Dina, 59

Index

Abatement costs, 280–281

Abbas, Mahmoud, 69, 428, 440

Absolute advantage, 328–334

Abu Ghraib prison, 300

Accountability, 78, 92, 309

Actors, definition of, 102 (note 1)

Adams, John, 488

Adverse selection, 65, 74, 76, 221

Afghanistan, 209

regional politics, 502–503

Soviet invasion, 500–501

strategic decision making, 30

U.S. retaliation against terrorists, 68, 457, 481 (note 2), 502

Africa

colonialism, 498–499

foreign aid to, 390, 393

See also specific countries

Agency problem, 65, 313

Agreements. See International organizations and law

Agricultural subsidies, 378

AIG bailout, 198

Aircraft manufacturing, 328–329, 343–344

Air traffic control, 242

Al-Assad, Bashar, 27, 84, 199, 210, 402, 412–413

Albania, 208

Algeria, 473

Al-Jaafari, Ibrahim, 455

Alliances

cooperation without, 53

counterfactual reasoning, 158–159

neorealism view, 24, 176

See also North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Allocation of resources. See Distribution of resources

Al-Maliki, Nouri, 455

Al Qaeda, 67–68, 209, 300, 401, 418, 422, 438, 481 (note 2), 502

Al-Sadr, Muqtada, 455

Aluminum industry, 343–344, 376

American Indians, 297, 487, 490

American Revolution, 30, 404, 488

Anarchy

game theory compared, 144–145

median voter theorem, 101

neorealist assumption, 23

Anecdotes and rhetoric, 98

Annex I countries, 283–284

Appeasement, 67, 209, 222, 495

Arab-Israeli conflict. See Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Arab League, 84

Arab Spring, 27, 502, 503

Arab states. See Middle East; specific countries

Arafat, Yasser, 428

Aramco (Arabian American Oil Co.), 472

Arbitrage, 326

Argentina, 209–211, 324, 368

Arms control, 72, 162 (note 2), 222, 500

Arms races

theoretical analyses, 39, 40, 51

war relationship with, 237

Arrow, Kenneth, 14, 22

Arrow’s impossibility theorem, 10–11

Asia

historical developments, 481, 482, 489–490, 495–496, 501

See also specific countries

Asia Minor, 481, 483, 501

Assassination, 491

Assembly, freedom of, 26, 80, 296, 301, 302, 303, 305, 307, 403

Asset allocation. See Distribution of resources

Asset specificity, 372

Assumption(s)

as elements in constructing theories, 9, 40–41

logical consistency, 42–44

of rationality, 6–10

truth and falsity in, 44–47

Astrological readings, 48

Asymmetric information, 169

See also Uncertainty

Atom bomb, 496

Audience costs, 77, 211–220

crisis escalation game, 214 (figure)–219

selection effects of, 219–220

Australia, 307

Austria

1866 system-transforming war, 55, 487, 490

environmental concerns, 283

historical developments, 486, 487, 490

Austro-Hungarian Empire

creation of, 490

dissolution of, 192, 492

national capability of, 194 (table)

World War I, 178 (figure), 179, 491

Authoritarian states. See Autocracy; Dictatorships; Domestic institutions

Autocracy

average term of office, 76 (figure)–77, 314, 315

factor mobility and, 378–379

motivations for warfare, 229–230 (table), 233

nation building and, 463–464 ( see also Democratization)

war conduct and outcomes, 450–451 (figure) ( see also Democratic peace)

war effort, 232–237

See also Dictatorships

Automobile trade restrictions, 346

Auxiliary arguments, 59

Aztec civilization, 357, 380

Backward induction, 139, 150–151, 153–155, 158, 216–217, 237, 252

Bacon, Francis, 486

Bahrain, 402, 503

Balance of power, 24, 29–30, 61

as promoting warfare, 200

theories of war and, 181–182, 193–195

Bali, 286, 502

Bali Roadmap, 273

Balkan states, 208

Bangladesh, 368

Bargaining theory, 226

Battle of Agincourt, 479

Battle of Jena, 489

Battle of the Bulge, 223

Battle of the Sexes game, 145 (table)–147

Battle of Trafalgar, 489

Battle of Waterloo, 489

Bayes’ rule, 160, 225 (note 4), 425, 426

Bay of Pigs invasion, 218, 500

Bear Stearns, 198

Begin, Menachem, 500

Belarus, 27

Belgium, 262, 307 (note 1), 473, 495

Beliefs, 6, 135

See also Perceptions

Benefit/cost analyses, 48–50, 116, 125, 126, 156

Berlin, 497

Berlin Wall, 188, 191, 501

Best reply, 151

Better Business Bureau (BBB), 260, 299

Bias, 26, 27, 51, 52, 53, 159

Bilateral agreements, 251, 258–259

Bin Laden, Osama, 67, 68, 401, 422

Biological weapons, 224, 225

Bipartisanism, 78, 79

Bipolar systems

neorealism hypothesis, 24

stability analyses, 177–182

Bismarck, Otto von, 490

Blockades, 212–213, 500

Blocking coalitions, 183–184, 192