Conflict War and Peace

Introducing students to the scientific study of peace and war <em><strong>Conflict War and Peace: An Introduction to Scientific Research</strong></em> edited by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and John A. Vasquez provides an overview of current scholarship in this dynamic area of study. Focusing on the factors that shape relationships between countries and that make war or peace more likely this collection of articles by top scholars explores such key topics as dangerous dyads alliances territorial disputes rivalry arms races democracy peace trade international organizations territorial peace and nuclear weapons. Each article is followed by the editors’ commentary: a “Major Contributions” section highlights the article’s theoretical advances and relates each study to the broader literature while a “Methodological Notes” section carefully walks students through the techniques used in the analysis. Methodological topics include research design percentages probabilities odds ratios statistical significance levels of analysis selection bias logic duration models and game theory models.