Two studies question whether economic interdependence promotes peace, arguing that
previous research has not adequately considered the endogeneity of trade. Using …

This book is part of a wider project on the economic logic behind the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT). This volume asks: What does the historical record indicate about …

This study provides an original conception of liberalism that accounts for its internal
contradictions and explains the current crisis of liberal internationalism. Examining the …

Since at least Cicero, we have known that “money is the sinew of war.” Is it possible for a
political economy of security (PES) subfield to contribute knowledge beyond Cicero's claim …

This book provides an introduction to democratic theory and empirical research on
democracy and democratization. The book first examines conceptions of democracy from …

World War I is generally viewed by both advocates and critics of commercial liberal theory as
the quintessential example of a failure of economic integration to maintain peace. Yet this …

The vast majority of the extant literature on trade and conflict focuses on bilateral trade to
determine whether commerce has a pacifying effect upon pairs of states. We argue that this …

Geopolitics and economics are interdependent. In the long run, economic growth upsets
power balances among great powers and thereby sets the agenda for great power rivalry …

In the introduction, I made clear that the aim of this book is to answer–or at least partially
answer–some of the 'big questions' of social science (cf. Mahoney and Rueschemeyer 2003 …

The First World War is often cited as proof par excellence of the flaws in the liberal peace
argument because the adversaries it engaged had been each other's major pre-war trading …