The Behavioral Origins of War

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INDEX Note: Page numbers in italics refer to agures. 277 Abelson, Robert, 171, 172 Adler, Emanuel, 250n. 2 Africa, 185, 186, 189, 192, 193, 198, 238 Allan, Pierre, 169 Alliances: citations, 39, 42, 43; democratic peace and, 135; deterrence and, 30; dyadic level of analysis, 74–75, 115, 120–23; effects on war and peace, 30, 135; in Hobbesian and realist worlds, 178; relative risk table, 152; summary of results , 112; trade and, 74, 144; variables, 105. See also North Atlantic Treaty Organization; States and state systems Allison, Graham, 170, 252n. 1 Almond, Gabriel, 176 Americas (North and South), 185, 189, 192, 193, 198, 238 Anarchy. See States and state systems Arms and Insecurity (Richardson), 201–2 Arms races: citations, 37, 39, 42, 43; dyadic level of analysis, 75–77, 115; effects on war and peace, 76, 124; relative risk table, 152; review of, 7–8; summary of results, 112. See also Military issues Artiacial intelligence, 172 Asia, 174, 185, 189, 190, 192–93, 195, 238 Axelrod, Robert, 3, 251n. 7 Babst, Dean V., 82 Balance of power theory: anarchy and, 35; citations, 37, 38, 42, 43; critiques and reviews of, 4, 5, 7–8, 26–27; dyadic level of analysis, 77–80, 81, 92–93, 114, 211; effects on war and peace, 29, 115, 124–26, 128, 137, 202; as a Lockian system, 179; neorealist modiacations , 100–101; relative risk table, 152; summary of results, 112; tendency toward equilibrium, 146–48 Balkans, 81 Barbieri, Katherine, 95 Barnett, Michael, 250n. 2 Belarus, 90 Beck, Nathaniel, 20, 46, 58, 65, 68, 82, 98, 158, 184, 213, 214, 226 Becker, G. S., 186 Behavior, human, 4, 17–18, 24 Bennett, D. Scott, 7, 20, 54, 62, 79, 80, 87, 88, 92, 102, 131, 169, 236, 244, 251n. 2, 252nn. 3, 5, 253n. 11, 254n. 5 Bismarck, 50, 54, 221 Blainey, Geoffrey, 22, 46, 53–54, 72, 79 Brams, Steven J., 168 Bremer, Stuart A., 7, 63, 80, 89, 97, 103–4, 156, 226, 228, 233, 235 Britain, 90, 94, 100, 113, 147, 193 Brito, Dagobert, 76 Brooks, Stephen, 74, 95, 206, 218, 249n. 3, 251n. 11 Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, 6–8, 13, 16, 43, 48–49, 59, 63, 74, 78, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 101, 122, 134, 166, 167, 177, 179, 183, 184, 185, 192, 195, 205, 216, 224, 226, 230, 232, 233, 234–35, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245–46, 247, 251n. 8, 253nn. 8, 11, 254nn. 1, 2, 5 Busch, M. L., 217 Bush, George H. W., 50 Bush, George W., 81 Butteraeld, Herbert, 75 Canada, 95 Cancer, 154 Carr, Edward Hallett, 94 Castelfranchi, Cristiano, 172, 178 Cederman, Lars-Erik, 18, 22, 82, 219, 251n. 6 China, 90, 128, 193, 198 Clarke, Kevin, 28, 33 Clinton, Bill, 81 Cognitive, learning, and psychological theories: choices and decisions, 171; citations, 37, 41, 42, 43; comparability and testing of, 36; effects on war and peace, 76; learning and behavior, 181–83, 191, 192–95; violence and, 196–97. See also Rational choice theory Cold war and cold war era: conbicts, disputes, and war during, 164, 190, 208, 210; effects of a bipolar system , 101; danger of, 21; nuclear deterrence and, 89, 151; U.S.-Soviet challenges during, 130 Communitarianism, 197 Comparative hypothesis testing: arguments for, ix–x, 2–3, 16–17; common questions about, 25–34; methods for, 9–14, 15–17, 35–43, 173–83; standards for, 3–6. See also Methods and methodologies; Theories and theoretical issues Conbict. See International conbict and violence; War and disputes Constructivists and constructivism. See Theories and theoretical issues (speciac) Conte, Rosaria, 172, 178 Converse, Philip, 98, 176, 177 Correlates of War (COW) project. See Data and data sets (speciac) Costa Rica, 116 COW project. See Data and data sets (speciac), Correlates of War project Crescenzi, Mark J. C., 95–96 Cultural issues, 175, 188–90, 196–98 Cyprus, 123 Darwinian learning, 181, 182, 192–94 Data and data sets: design in international politics, 8, 43–44, 56–61; development and cumulation, 223–31; IIG and, 16; loss of, 96, 141–42; maximum likelihood estimates and, 60; politically relevant dyads, 61–62, 120, 121, 124, 125, 127, 132, 134, 136, 138, 142, 143, 145, 146, 149, 151–52, 153, 187–99; risk and probability of, 68; shortcomings of, 6 Data and data sets (speciac): Correlates of War project, 50, 55, 63–64, 80, 89, 93, 104, 184, 186, 226, 227, 229, 230, 233, 235, 238, 243; Militarized Interstate...