The guiding principle of peacemaking and peacebuilding over the past quarter century has
been" liberal peace": the promotion of democracy, capitalism, law, and respect for human …

The cause of great power war is a perennial issue for the student of politics. Some 2,400
years ago, in his monumental History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides wrote that it …

The application of psychological perspectives to international studies (IS) is an area of
growing research. This review provides a brief overview of interdisciplinary scholarship on …

William Zartman's 'ripeness' theory says that parties to a violent conflict will not negotiate
sincerely in the absence of a mutually hurting stalemate (MHS). In such circumstances …

Intractability is generally associated with prolonged tensions, employment of destructive
means, suspicion and mistrust, inflammatory rhetoric and polarized solutions that are usually …

Summary Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is often referred to and much
discussed by scholars of international relations. Most often, Thucydides is placed in the …

David Hume famously argued that the idea of the balance of power existed in antiquity.
However, he rests his case almost entirely on the deeds of the ancient Greeks. This …

Most of our knowledge of the Peloponnesian War comes from the text of Thucydides' History,
yet IR scholars are strangely credulous when evaluating Thucydides' pronouncements. I …

This book looks at recent, high-profile anti-American terrorism crises: the Cuban skyjacking
epidemic; the Tehran hostage-taking; the Beirut kidnappings; and Al Qaeda suicide …

Graham Allison's work on the “Thucydides Trap” sparked renewed interest in the power shift
problem in world politics and the dangers of power transitions when a rising challenger …