The central claim of a rapidly growing literature in international relations is that members of pairs of democratic states are much less likely to engage each other in war or in serious disputes short of war than are members of other pairs of states. Our analysis does not support this claim....

The central claim of a rapidly growing literature in international relations is that members of pairs of democratic states are much less likely to engage each other in war or in serious disputes short of war than are members of other pairs of states. Our analysis does not support this claim....

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Gowa, Joanne -- I. Introduction -- 2. The Bretton Woods Regime and the United States -- 3. The Influence of Consensus -- 4. The Role of Structure and Process -- 5. The President, Policy Implementation, and the Short Road to Camp David -- 6. The Camp David...

That the anarchic system generates incentives for states to balance each other's power is conventional wisdom in international relations. As such, the contemporary unipolar system is an anomaly. The existing literature explains its persistence in various ways, including the benevolence of U.S....

Using data on bilateral trade flows from both before and after World War II, this article examines the impact of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on trade between its members and on the system of interwar trade blocs. It shows that the distribution of the benefits produced by the GATT...