Bruce Mesquita - Principles of International Politics

Bluffing, 141, 160, 224

Boeing Co., 328, 343

Boniface VIII (pope), 479

Borda Count, 20–21

Borders and territory

as source of conflict, 70, 73, 229

development of modern concept, 483

implications and consequences of, 318–319

Bosnia, 208, 481, 502

Botswana, 498–499

Boyle, Robert, 486

Branches, 148

Brandt, Willy, 471

Brazil

currency issues, 367

environmental concerns and, 280–281, 283, 288–291

trade and, 324

Bretton Woods agreement, 197–198, 361–362, 497

Brezhnev, Leonid, 501

Bribes, 92, 233

BRIC countries, 280–281, 282–283

Britain. See Great Britain

British-French War, 487

British Petroleum Co., 472

Budget constraints, 15, 88, 394, 405, 407–408, 410

Budgets

austerity, 124, 249

bureaucratic politics and, 8–9, 11, 15, 41

domestic politics and, 278–279

foreign aid and, 387, 389, 394, 397

foreign aid constraints and, 15, 405, 407–408, 410

war effort and, 234 (figure)–236 (figure)

Bulgaria, 283

Bundy, McGeorge, 20, 21, 213

Bureaucratic perspective

organizational roles in policy making, 41

principal-agent problems, 73–74

Bush, George H. W., 199, 225

Bush, George W.

foreign aid policy, 389, 389 (note 2), 394

human rights policy, 300

Iraq war and aftermath, 219, 223–224, 225, 454 (box), 455–456

nation building and, 445

trade politics, 344

voting rules and, 21

Byzantine Empire, 477

Calculated risks, 224, 442

Calderon, Felipe, 503

California, 490

Cambodia, 318–319

Camp David agreement, 500

Canada

environmental concerns, 245, 283–284

foreign aid policy, 389

trade politics, 61, 339

Capabilities (resources), 244

Capital

as factor of production, 368–380

immobility of, 377–379

mobility of, 366, 370–371, 372, 373–377

Capitalism, 51

Capitulation, 156, 160, 161, 226, 227

Caribbean region, 485

Carter, Jimmy, 500, 501

Carville, James, 74

Case study method, 27, 29–30, 51–56

Castro, Fidel, 27–28, 29, 92, 500

Catholic Church, 300

historical developments, 479, 480, 481, 483, 484

Central banks, 249, 363–364, 366

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 213, 472

Certainty. See Uncertainty

Chad, 195

Chamberlain, Neville, 495

Chaos theorems, 123

Charles I (king of England), 485

Charles II (king of Spain), 486

Chavez, Hugo, 244, 461

Cheap talk, 163, 425

Cheating, 72, 242–243, 251, 257, 259–261, 289–290

Chechnya, 502

Cheese restrictions, 345–346

Chemical weapons, 224, 225, 492

Chess, 28, 31, 152, 157

“Chicken” game, 70 (table)–71, 149 (table)–150, 152 (figure)

China

currency policy, 252–253

domestic institutions, 82–85

economics, 498

environmental concerns, 280–281, 283, 284, 286, 288

historical developments, 489–490, 491

human rights and, 27, 316–317

international status of, 179

North Korean nuclear policy, 105–106 (figure), 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120–121

regional tensions and, 61, 166

revolution, 491, 500

role in international system, 196–197

strategies to avoid rebellion, 403

trade policy, 325

world economy and, 503

Choice nodes, 148, 157–158

Churchill, Winston, 29, 495

Circular indifference curves, 119, 122

Civil liberties, 4, 294, 302, 305, 307, 308, 315, 471, 497

Civil wars

England, 485

United States, 488

Climate cycle, 270–271

Clinton, Bill, 88, 199

Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 287

Club goods, 245 (table), 246, 260

Coal industry, 244–245, 262

Coalition size

cooperation and, 291

effect on human rights, 307–310 (figure), 309 (figure), 315–316 (figure)

foreign aid and, 400

public goods/private goods and, 86–88

war effort and demobilization, 453 (figure)

Cochineal, 357

Cold war, 496–501

alliance commitments, 178 (figure), 179

democratic peace and, 466

deterrence strategy, 499–500

emergence and dynamics, 496–497

end and aftermath, 501–504

foreign aid decisions, 386–388, 392, 497

military expenditures, 503

NATO politics, 502

neorealism perspective, 178 (figure), 179, 188–190, 189 (figure)

Collective action problem, 247–250

abatement costs and, 280–281

flexibility and, 257, 259–260

free riding and, 273–280

organizational solutions to, 250–261

repeated bilateral interaction and, 251–257

Collective goods. See Public goods

Collective interest. See National interest

Collusion, 143

Colombia, 61, 166

Colonialism and imperialism, 491, 492 (map), 498–499

Columbus, Christopher, 477, 478, 482

Commitment problems, 172–174

Commodity pricing, 198

Common knowledge, 161

Common law, 479

Common-pool resources, 245 (table), 246

Communism, 493–494, 496, 498, 500

Communist Party, 493, 494

Comparable price, 357

Comparative advantage, 274–275, 328–334

Complacent opponents, 421–422

See also Terrorism and terrorists

Complete and perfect information, 158

Compliance, 5, 242, 282–284, 324

noncompliance, 283–284

Compromise, 132, 136, 150, 152–153, 155–156, 160, 162

commitment problems and, 172–174

factors leading to difficulties in, 169–170

indivisible goods and, 169, 170–172

Concert of Europe, 489, 490

Confirmatio Cartarum (Edward I of England), 487

Conflict. See War

Congo. See Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congress of Vienna, 489

Conservative Party, 263

Constantinople, 477

Constants, 39, 52

Constituents, 2

Constitution, U.S., 296–297

Constitutional monarchy, 488, 489

Constructivism, 22

on human rights, 311–313

on international law and organizations, 263, 298

themes and arguments, 25–28

Contradictions, 43, 44–45, 47

Controlled experiments, 57

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 241

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 241

Convertibility of currencies, 324, 368

Cooperation

conditions for, 53–56

role of international institutions ( see International organizations and law)

Cooperative game theory, 140, 143

Coordination goods, 403–404, 405, 407

Coordination problem

problem explained, 69–70, 72–73

revolutionary movements and, 402

role of international organizations in resolving, 25

trade and, 259–260

Copenhagen summit, 282, 286–288

Copernicus, Nikolaus, 47

Copyright protection, 246

Correlates of War (COW) project, 136 (note 10)

Corruption

foreign aid as encouraging, 390

institutional arrangements affect on, 83–84

Cortés,

Costly signals, 162–163

Costs

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

marginal costs and gains, 278–279, 335–336 (figure)

opportunity, 330–334, 363, 370

Counterfactual reasoning, 157–159

Counterreformation, 481

Counterterrorism. See Terrorism and terrorists

Country. See States

Coups d’état, 65, 93, 384, 413

Credible commitment, terrorist negotiations and, 433–436, 440–441

Credit cards, 258–259

Crimean War, 191

Crisis escalation game, 214 (figure)–219, 227

solving with audience costs, 216–219