Readings for Week 9

Alliances, Arms Races, and Arms Control

PS 243: IS

1. Tacit Bargaining, Arms Races, and Arms Control
George W. Downs and David M. Rocke
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990
2. Arms Races and Negotiations
Sandeep Baliga and Tomas Sjöström
Unpublished manuscript, Department of Economics, Penn State University, 2001.
3. Alliances, Credibility, and Peacetime Costs
James D. Morrow
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 38, No. 2. (June, 1994), pp. 270-297.
4. Alliance Formation and General Deterrence
Gerald L. Sorokin
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 38, No. 2. (June, 1994), pp. 298-325.
5. Alliance Formation and War
Alastair Smith
International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 4. (December, 1995), pp. 405-425.
6. Alignment Decisions in the Shadow of Power
Robert Powell
In the Shadow of Power, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Chapter 5.
7. Arms versus Allies: Trade-Offs in the Search for Security
James D. Morrow
International Organization, Vol. 47, No. 2. (Spring, 1993), pp. 207-233.
8. Alliances: Why Write Them Down?
James D. Morrow
Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 3. (2000), pp. 63-83.