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Managing U.S.-Soviet Rivalry: Problems of Crisis Prevention
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This article is published in Foreign Affairs.The article was published on 1983-01-01. It has received 47 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rivalry.read more
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Achieving Cooperation Under Anarchy: Strategies And Institutions
Robert Axelrod,Robert O. Keohane +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the upward-looking theory of strategy was linked with the downward-looking theories of regimes, and the importance of linking the upward looking theory of policy and strategy with regimes was discussed.
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Reciprocity in international relations
TL;DR: A Hobbesian "war of all against all" does not usually ensue: even sovereign governments that recognize no common authority may engage in limited cooperation as discussed by the authors, and the achievement of cooperation can depend neither on deference to hierarchical authority nor on centralized enforcement.
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Explaining Cooperation Under Anarchy: Hypotheses And Strategies
TL;DR: In this article, elementary game theory suggests three sets of conditions that serve as proximate explanations of the incidence of cooperation and discord: (i) Payoff Structure: Mutual and Conflicting Preferences; (ii) The Shadow of the Future: Single-play and Iterated Games; and (iii) Number of Players: Two-Person and N-Person Games.
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A Cultural Theory of International Relations
TL;DR: In this article, the spirit and its expression in the ancient world, from Sun King to Revolution, and World War II to the present day, are discussed, and a survey of the results is presented.
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Why are some international agreements informal
TL;DR: Informal agreements have a more ambiguous status and are useful for precisely that reason as mentioned in this paper, and are chosen to avoid formal and visible national pledges, to avoid the political obstacles of ratification, to reach agreements quickly and quietly, and to provide flexibility for subsequent modification or even renunciation.