Alliance and Border Effects on the War Behavior of States: Refining the Interaction Opportunity Model

Randolph M. Siverson and Harvey Starr
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Randolph M. Siverson: Professor, Department of Political Science and Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis
Harvey Starr: Professor, Department of Political Science and Center for the Study of International Relations, Indiana University.

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 1989, vol. 10, issue 2, 21-46

Abstract: The authors investigate the expectations generated by the “interaction opportunity†model initially developed by Most and Starr for the study of diffusion. The impact that borders and alliances have as “treatments†on the overall war behavior of states is the focus of study, looking at both individual and interactive effects. Using the war behavior of all states in the system from 1815–1965, the analyses support the expectations generated by the interaction opportunity model. The treatments of warring border nations and warring alliance partners, of various types and combinations, predispose states to be at war.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1177/073889428901000202

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