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000269890 245__ $$aThe Frequency of Wars
000269890 260__ $$c2009
000269890 269__ $$a2009-12-14
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000269890 336__ $$aWorking or Discussion Paper
000269890 520__ $$aWars are increasingly frequent, and the trend has been steadily upward since 1870. The main tradition of Western political and philosophical thought suggests that extensive economic globalization and democratization over this period should have reduced appetites for war far below their current level. This view is clearly incomplete: at best, confounding factors are at work. Here, we explore the capacity to wage war. Most fundamentally, the growing number of sovereign states has been closely associated with the spread of democracy and increasing commercial openness, as well as the number of bilateral conflicts. Trade and democracy are traditionally thought of as goods, both in themselves, and because they reduce the willingness to go to war, conditional on the national capacity to do so. But the same factors may also have been increasing the capacity for war, and so its frequency. We need better understanding of how to promote these goods without incurring adverse side-effects on world peace
000269890 546__ $$aEnglish
000269890 650__ $$aInternational Relations/Trade
000269890 650__ $$aPolitical Economy
000269890 6531_ $$awars
000269890 6531_ $$astate capacity
000269890 6531_ $$ademocracy
000269890 6531_ $$atrade
000269890 700__ $$aHarrison, Mark
000269890 700__ $$aWolf, Nikolaus
000269890 8560_ $$fweidm015@umn.edu
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