POLSCI 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Palestinian National Authority
12 Oct 2016
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Commitment problems: one or both sides may believe the other will not honor the agreement. Commitment problems are more likely to explain protracted conflict than the onset of violence. Making threats to go to war credible: escalation and audience costs as commitment devices, they (cid:396)aise (cid:396)isk of (cid:862)lo(cid:272)k-i(cid:374). (cid:863) Explain what a commitment problem is and how it can cause war. Outline three possible sources of a commitment problem. Compare signaling and commitment explanations of war. Conflict occurs when one state pressed a demand on another and they fail to reach a peaceful settlement: there should always be bargains preferential to fighting, have to choose one, and each wants the best possible deal. Making threats of force credible: costly signals, reputation, and persuasion, escalation and audience costs: commitment devices. Two more things: commitment problems as a cause of war, further complications. The division of the old british mandate between israel and the palestinians is central to the.
