Regime Uncertainty and Interstate Conflict.
Regime type is an important variable in international relations. Numerous scholars have theorized its effects on actors' crisis behavior and outcomes. Despite regime type's importance, the literature has not focused on the role its uncertainty might play in interstate politics. This is in stark cont...
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 838 - 852 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2021
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