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Effects of rivalry have been discussed in two different scenarios. First section of the study involves the regression analysis of competition in international telephone market using pooled cross-sectional time-series data. In the United States till the early 1980s AT&T had a de-…

This dissertation project proposes a dynamic two-level model of rivalry escalation and de-escalation. I highlight both domestic and international conditions that are likely to increase the chances that a state escalates or de-escalates its relations with a rival. Specifically, t…

The objective of this dissertation is a straightforward extension of Russell J. Leng's Behavioral Correlates of War work on the Indo-Pakistani dyad using data collected under the NSF MID3 update project. Using this new MID3 data this dissertation examines activity within this on…

This thesis is the first in depth study that has been undertaken concerning Edinburgh and Glasgow’s identities and rivalry. It is not an economic or a social study driven solely by theory. Essentially, this is a cultural and political examination of Edinburgh and Glasgow’s ident…

The international dimensions of ethnic conflict have increasingly become of interest to scholars of international relations. While much of this literature has helped to explain how ethnicity affects international conflict, there are many issues related to ethnicity and interstat…

Governments often use the allocation of foreign aid when seeking to gain cooperation from and to boost the capacity of recipient governments in a variety of policy realms. However, there is no consensus among political scientists and economists about whether aid is actually a pr…