How Rivalries End by Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, Sumit Ganguly , University of Pennsylvania Press

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University of Pennsylvania Press How Rivalries End by Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, Sumit Ganguly

Rivalry between nations has a long and sometimes bloody history. Not all political opposition culminates in war-the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is one example-but in most cases competition between nations and peoples for resources and strategic advantage does lead to violence: nearly 80 percent of the wars fought since 1816 were sparked by contention between rival nations. Long-term discord is a global concern, since competing states may drag allies into their conflict or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction. How Rivalries End is a study of how such rivalries take root and flourish and particularly how some dissipate over time without recourse to war._x000D__x000D__x000D_Political scientists Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, and Sumit Ganguly examine ten political hot spots, stretching from Egypt and Israel to the two Koreas, where crises and military confrontations have occurred over the last seven decades. Through exacting analysis of thirty-two attempts to deescalate strategic rivalries, they reveal a pattern in successful conflict resolutions: shocks that overcome foreign policy inertia; changes in perceptions of the adversary's competitiveness or threat; positive responses to conciliatory signals; and continuing effort to avoid conflict after hostilities cease. How Rivalries End significantly contributes to our understanding why protracted conflicts sometimes deescalate and even terminate without resort to war._x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_ Chapter 1. The Problem of Rivalry Deescalation and Termination_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 2. The Evolution of Expectations and Strategies_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 3. The Egyptian-Israeli Rivalry, 1948-1970_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 4. The Egyptian-Israeli Rivalry, 1970-1979_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 5. The Israeli-Syrian Rivalry, 1948-2000, and the Israeli-Palestinian Rivalry, 1980s and Early 1990s_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 6. The Indo-Pakistani Rivalry, 1947-2010_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 7. Other Eurasian Rivalries and Their Interdependence_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 8. The Outcome: Assessing the Rivalry Deescalation Theory_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Appendix_x000D_ _x000D_ Notes_x000D_ _x000D_ References_x000D_ _x000D_ Index_x000D_