Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Charles L. Glaser

Titel

Applying the Theory to Arms Races; Testing It with Counterfactuals

Ist Teil von

• Rational Theory of International Politics, 2010, p.228

Ort / Verlag

Princeton University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This chapter has two related purposes. First, it uses my theory to analyze the question of whether arms races are dangerous. Although the danger of arms races has usually been explored by looking at the correlation between arms races and war, a proper framing of the question requires a theory of when a state should arm, and race if necessary. Therefore, the strategic choice theory is required to provide a rational baseline against which states’ actual arming behavior can be judged. Second, the chapter provides a partial test of the theory. If the theory does in fact offer good prescriptive