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Strategic rivalries in world politics : position, space and conflict escalation /

International conflict is neither random nor inexplicable. It is highly structured by antagonisms between a relatively small set of states that regard each other as rivals. Examining the 173 strategic rivalries in operation throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book identifies the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Colaresi, Michael P., 1976-
Otros Autores: Rasler, Karen A., 1952-, Thompson, William R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction to strategic rivalries
  • Defining and identifying strategic rivalries in world politics
  • Describing strategic rivalies
  • Protracted conflict and crisis escalation
  • Serial crisis behavior and escalating risks
  • Contiguity, space and position in the major power subsystem
  • Initiating and escalating positional and spatial rivalries
  • Arms build-ups and alliances in the steps-to work theory
  • Contested territory and conflict resolution
  • Inducements, facilitators, and suppressors.