Week 7: Causes of Conflict

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Across
  1. 4. IV in the theory that borders and proximity make the probability of interstate conflict more likely due to opportunity and willingness
  2. 5. A system where one state has overwhelming power over all other states
  3. 7. ____ explanations of democratic peace say democracies externalize nonviolent traditions for resolving disputes when interacting with other democracies
  4. 10. Theory that competition over the same consumers and inputs will actually lead states that trade similar goods to fight each other
  5. 14. A system where at least three states have overwhelming power over all other states, and where the most powerful are relatively equal in power
  6. 15. The Cold War is argued to be a ___ period in the international system
  7. 17. The debate between whether bipolar or multipolar periods are the most peaceful contains a difference in assumptions about how states react to ______
  8. 18. Theory that unipolar periods are secure and peaceful because there is one power keeping all other states "in check"
  9. 19. States with large winning coalitions
  10. 21. Theory that interstate conflict is most likely when states reach or surpass power parity with the dominant state AND are dissatisfied with the status quo
  11. 22. The ___ level of analysis allows us to see broad, general patterns regarding the number of wars during a period of time
  12. 23. When looking at the share of power distribution in the system, we are looking at ____
Down
  1. 1. ___ explanations of democratic peace say it is more difficult and takes more time for democracies to fight other democracies because of leader constraints
  2. 2. Phenomenon that dyadic democracies do not fight
  3. 3. States with small winning coalitions
  4. 6. Due to their saliency, ____ issues are the deadliest and most escalatory type of dispute issue in interstate conflict
  5. 8. Theory that states with a large winning coalition need to provide good policy and public goods. These states tend to fight harder in wars and are more selective about the wars they enter
  6. 9. The name of the group of people whose support is needed to keep a leader in power
  7. 11. To liberalism and the Kantian Triangle, trade is expected to have a ____ relationship with interstate conflict
  8. 12. Theory that states with power parity are unlikely to fight because any war between them will be difficult. However, states with power preponderance are likely to fight because one state can easily overpower the other
  9. 13. The ___ level of analysis allows us to understand why some types of states join or initiate conflict more than other types of states
  10. 16. Due to the size of their W, autocracies focus on providing ___ goods
  11. 20. Theory that says a leader of a state with poor economic conditions, civil strife, or scandal initiates interstate conflict to try and draw attention away from domestic issues and towards foreign policy
  12. 23. Due to the size of their W, democracies focus on providing ____ goods