Bringing Cooperation Back In: A Dynamic Model of Interstate Interaction

Mark J.C. Crescenzi, Andrew J. Enterline and Stephen B. Long
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Mark J.C. Crescenzi: Department of Political Science University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, crescenzi@unc.edu
Andrew J. Enterline: Department of Political Science University of North Texas Denton, Texas, USA
Stephen B. Long: Department of Political Science Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2008, vol. 25, issue 3, 264-280

Abstract: In an earlier article (Crescenzi & Enterline, 2001), we developed a formal, dynamic model of the cooperative and conflictual dimensions central to interstate relationships. However, the empirical data employed as inputs into the original model informed only the model's conflictual dimension. Here, we operationalize the conflictual and cooperative dimensions of the model, with the latter derived by inputting information on joint participation in intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) for the period 1965—2000. Doing so enables us to trace the joint cooperative—conflictual temporal trajectories of interstate dyads, in addition to capturing the degree and dynamism of these relationships. We demonstrate the flexibility and practicality of the model-derived empirical indicators of interstate interaction with an analysis of dyadic interstate conflict. Our dynamic approach to studying interstate relationships promises to facilitate fruitful contributions to several research agendas in comparative politics and international relations.

Date: 2008
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