Causes of Conflict (Theories)

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Across
  1. 6. alliances (particularly defensive) could pull states into wars they had not part in to begin with
  2. 7. theory that states at power parity are unlikely to fight because any war between them will be difficult. However, states at power preponderance are likely to fight because one state can easily overpower the other state
  3. 9. IV in the theory that interdependence could lead to peace as states do not want to cut ties with other states that they depend on
  4. 11. the _____ level of analysis allows us to understand the decisions of specific people during specific wars
  5. 13. _____ explanations of democratic peace say that democracies internally have nonviolent traditions for resolving disputes, and they externalize those traditions with other democracies
  6. 16. an entity (type of IR actor) that 1) allows forum for diplomacy 2) gives states access to resources like mediation and arbitration and 3) attempts to prevent disputes from escalating into conflict
  7. 18. _____ explanations of the democratic peace say that it is more difficult for democracies to use force or engage in war against other democracies because leaders are constrained by checks and balances and veto players
  8. 19. period of multipolarity
  9. 21. states with a large winning coalition need to provide good policy and public goods so they fight harder in wars and are more selective in the wars they enter into
  10. 23. theory that says interstate conflict is most likely when states reach or surpass power parity with the dominant state AND are dissatisfied with the status quo
  11. 24. theory that uses relative deprivation as the causal mechanism
  12. 25. the _____ level of analysis allows us to see broad, general patterns regarding the number of wars during a period of time
Down
  1. 1. states that are in the same IOs, have economic interdependence (trade), and are both democratic will not fight each other (recipe for peace = IOs, trade, and democracy)
  2. 2. states with an abundance of assets like diamonds, oil, and gas will be more likely to experience poor governance, civil war, corrupti􀆟on, and dictatorship
  3. 3. theory that unipolar periods are the most peaceful and stable because there is one power to keep all other states "in check"
  4. 4. the ____ level of analysis allows us to understand why some types of states join or initiate conflict more than other types of states
  5. 5. theory that says a leader of a state with poor economic conditions initiates interstate to try and draw attention away from the economy and towards a different issue
  6. 8. IV in the theory that land, maritime, or river borders make the probability of interstate conflict more likely
  7. 10. theory that competition over the same consumers and inputs will lead states that trade the same type of good to fight
  8. 12. states with large winning coalitions
  9. 14. states with small winning coalitions
  10. 15. period of bipolarity
  11. 17. due to their salience (symbolic, strategic, and economic), these tend to lead to deadly interstate conflict and war
  12. 20. phenomenon that dyadic democracies do not fight each other
  13. 22. 1) there were more MIDs between US and USSR in Cold War than any other dyad in all of time 2) we got close to nuclear war during Cold War 3) Cold War was brief period of time 4) countries with power preponderance do not always fight each other and 5) countries with power parity can go to war are all critiques of ___________ leading to peace