MPSA Paper, Deadly Triangles
For the Midwest Political Science Association annual convention this year, I have only one paper. I will present a paper co-authored with Sam Bell and Chad Clay looking at the impact rivalry has on dispute escalation in asymmetric dyads. Friday (4/13) at 4:35 pm, on the panel 18-22 Rivalry and Conflict, we will present the paper "Deadly Triangles: The Implications of Regional Competition on Demands between Asymmetric States." Our abstract: Asymmetric war continues to be a puzzling occurrence for international relations scholars across multiple theoretical approaches. According to realists (and other unitary-state rationalists), asymmetric war should not happen as the outcome Continue reading MPSA Paper, Deadly Triangles