POL208Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Bargaining, The Slippery Slope, Military Technology
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A war is an event involving the organized use of military force by at least two parties that satisfies some minimum threshold of severity. Interstate war: a war in which the main participants are states. Civil war: a war in which the main participants are within the same state, such as the government and a rebel group. States fight over territory, policies, and regime type (the composition of. What do states fight over? another country"s government) To understand why some conflicts become wars and others do not, we have to think about the strategic interactions that states engage in when they seek to settle their disputes. Crisis bargaining: a bargaining interaction in which at least one actor threatens to use force in the event that its demands are not met. Coercive bargaining; the consequences of not reaching an agreement can involve the use of force, including war. Ex: bush"s march 2003 ultimatum giving iraqi leader saddam.