Power is the most important variable in world politics, but scholars and policy analysts
systematically mismeasure it. Most studies evaluate countries' power using broad indicators …

How has world order changed since the Cold War ended? Do we live in an age of American
empire, or is global power shifting to the East with the rise of China? Arguing that existing …

Some recent analyses challenge previous reports which show that economically important
trade significantly reduces the probability of militarized disputes between countries. Beck et …

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 …

Put two people in a room to discuss North Korea and three different opinions will emerge—
all likely to be charged with emotion, if not outright vitriol. Why? Because the debate on the …

" The study of international relations has suffered from an oversupply of theories and a lack
of comprehensive, comparative tests between them. In The Behavioral Origins of War …

When the Stakes Are High is based on the premise that powers have continually played a
decisive role in international conflicts. Consequently, one of the key questions concerns the …

China's national power is growing rapidly, but what China will do with its newfound
capabilities remains an issue of contentious debate among scholars and policymakers. At …

This book presents a general explanation of how states develop their foreign policy. The
theory stands in contrast to most approaches--which assume that states want to maximize …

This article analyzes the evolution of power transition theory from the perspective of
Lakatos's methodology of scientific research programs. The authors reconstruct the …