Interstate Conflict
About
1
Introduction (Week 1)
1.1
Discussion questions
1.2
What this course will and will not cover
1.3
Assignments
1.3.1
Structure of the essays
1.4
Optional presentations
1.5
Appointment
1.6
Resources
1.7
How to search and download research articles
1.8
How to submit your work on Blackboard
2
War and the Long Peace (Week 2)
2.1
Discussion questions
2.2
War
2.2.1
COW’s operational definition
2.2.2
Datasets
2.3
Is the world getting more peaceful?
2.4
Why do we need to care about theories?
2.5
Additional resources
3
Bargaining (Week 3 & 4)
3.1
Discussion questions
3.2
In-class activity: why is war puzzling?
3.3
Why can’t existing (prior to 1995) theories resolve the puzzle?
3.4
Additional resources
3.5
Discussion questions (Week 4)
3.6
Some clarification of terminology
3.7
Theoretical critique
3.8
Empirical critique
3.9
Additional resources
4
Democratic peace (Week 5)
4.1
Discussion questions
4.2
Theory
4.3
Empirics
4.4
Policy implications: U.S. foreign policy
4.5
Additional resources
5
Audience costs (Week 7)
5.1
Discussion questions
5.2
Kertzer, J. D. and Brutger, R. (2016)
5.3
Trachtenberg (2012)
5.4
Additional resources
6
Selectorate theory (Week 8)
6.1
Discussion questions
6.2
Selectorate theory
6.3
Winning coalition and political survival
6.4
Resources
7
Territorial peace (Week 9)
7.1
Discussion questions
7.2
Steps-to-war
7.3
Territorial
7.4
Additional resources
8
Commercial peace (Week 10)
8.1
Discussion questions
8.2
A theory of commercial peace
8.3
An economic theory of war
8.4
Additional resources
9
Diversion (Week 11)
9.1
Discussion questions
9.2
Additional resources
10
Alliance (Week 12)
10.1
Discussion questions
10.2
Additional resources
11
Prediction (Week 13)
11.1
Discussion questions
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Interstate Conflict
Chapter 11
Prediction (Week 13)
11.1
Discussion questions
Predicting the future: A lecture by Philip Tetlock
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