Economic Interdependence and International Conflict: New Perspectives on an Enduring Debate

TLDR: Mansfield and Pollins as mentioned in this paper provide crucial insights into the political economy of national security, the causes of war, and the politics of global economic relations, and their contributions to this volume offer crucial insights for understanding the relationship between economic interdependence and international conflict.

Abstract: The claim that open trade promotes peace has sparked heated debate among scholars and policymakers for centuries Until recently, however, this claim remained untested and largely unexplored Economic Interdependence and International Conflict clarifies the state of current knowledge about the effects of foreign commerce on political-military relations and identifies the avenues of new research needed to improve our understanding of this relationship The contributions to this volume offer crucial insights into the political economy of national security, the causes of war, and the politics of global economic relations Edward D Mansfield is Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Christopher H Browne Center for International Politics at the University of Pennsylvania Brian M Pollins is Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University and a Research Fellow at the Mershon Center