POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Irredentism, Hot Pursuit, Rationality

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Theory that war in between the same ethnic group is more easy to solve. Less of other ethnic groups --> more difficult to solve. If you"re really angry/upset, you probably will over overestimate your capabilities and underestimate the enemies" capacities. Efforts to unify lost territory inhabited by ethnic kin. Civil war always drag outsiders inside the conflict. Dominated by those interested in prolonging the conflict. If country a supports rebels in country b, then country b will support rebels in country a. Unless key constituencies do not pay, but perhaps profit from war. We"re more likely if we don"t have a draft. Pretend forces are better to scare off opponent. If you always use coercion, you will make a mistake at some point. They won"t back down --> your bluff gets called. Bush invading iraq, before they developed weapons of mass destruction. As the us declines, it might prevent the rise of china through war.

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