Two-level games

This case study explores the Caspian Sea energy politics, specifically the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) project and the Azeri-Turkmen conflict over the three offshore oil and gas fields. The conflict has been a deadlock of the project. It is almost unfeasible constructing t…

This paper analyses the peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine that lasted over the period of nine-months (29 July 2013 - 29 April 2014), under the theoretical framework of Robert Putnam's two-level games model. The model does not offer a solution to the decades-old con…