Author(s): Aaron Belkin
Series: Suny Series in Global Politics
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 173
United We Stand?: Divide-and-Conquer Politicsand the Logic ofInternational Hostility......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Part One: Introduction......Page 12
1. Regime Vulnerability and International Conflict......Page 14
Part Two: Theory......Page 26
2. Coup Risk and Military Division: Hostility within the Armed Forces and Regime Survival......Page 28
3. A Theory of Counterbalancing as a Cause of International Conflict......Page 46
Part Three: Data......Page 64
4. Regime Vulnerability, Counterbalancing, and International Conflict during the Cold War: A Quantitative Analysis......Page 66
5. Regime Vulnerability as a Cause of Counterbalancing in Syria in the Early 1970s......Page 80
6. When Dividing the Military Provides an Incentive for Conflict: Fragmented Military Forces and InternationalConflict in Shevardnadze’s Georgia......Page 112
7. Conclusion......Page 126
2. Coup-Risk and Military Division......Page 134
4. Regime Vulnerability, Counterbalancing, and International Conflict during the Cold War......Page 135
5. Regime Vulnerability as a Cause of Counterbalancing in Syria in the early 1970s......Page 138
6. When Dividing the Military Provides an Incentive for Conflict......Page 140
7. Conclusion......Page 141
References......Page 142
G......Page 168
w......Page 169
SUNY series in Global Politics......Page 170
