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Theory of International Politics
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The Escalation of Great Power Militarized Disputes: Testing Rational Deterrence Theory and Structural Realism.
TL;DR: In this paper, the relative explanatory power of structural realism and deterrence theory on the escalation of deterrence encounters among great powers from 1816 to 1984 is evaluated. But none of the hypotheses derived from structural realism are supported.
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The Religious Roots of Modern International Relations
TL;DR: The authors argued that the Protestant Reformation was a key "revolution in ideas" that explains the origins of modern international relations at Westphalia and that the same historical transformation cannot be explained alone through material causes.
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Same War—Different Views: Germany, Japan, and Counterterrorism
TL;DR: German and Japanese counterterrorism policies differ from those adopted by the United States as well as from one another, and the relative importance of different self-conceptions and institutional practices appears to be larger and the systemic effects constraining national divergences smaller as mentioned in this paper.
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Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin: Honor in International Relations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the Russian state and its honor in international relations, including the Holy Alliance, the Triple Entente, the early Cold War, the collective security, 1933-9 and the war with terrorism, 2001-5.
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The Parameters of Party Systems
Luciano Bardi,Peter Mair +1 more
TL;DR: Despite the scepticism that increasingly surrounds their role and standing in contemporary democracies, scholarly interest in political parties continues unabated as discussed by the authors. But this interest is also proving to be problematic.
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Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes
TL;DR: For centuries knowledge meant proven knowledge, proven either by the power of the intellect or by the evidence of the senses as discussed by the authors. But the notion of proven knowledge was questioned by the sceptics more than two thousand years ago; but they were browbeaten into confusion by the glory of Newtonian physics.
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Introduction to cybernetics
TL;DR: This book contains the collected and unified material necessary for the presentation of such branches of modern cybernetics as the theory of electronic digital computers, Theory of discrete automata, theory of discrete self-organizing systems, automation of thought processes, theoryof image recognition, etc.