This dissertation addresses the question of how minor power states select strategies in order to achieve security. I develop a formal model of minor power security choices that treats security decision making as a cost ...

This dissertation explores the impact of China’s integration into the international society upon its propensity to use force in interstate disputes. Drawing on various insights from international relations theory, I argue ...

States spend years and tremendous diplomatic capital negotiating treaties. Yet, despite the best efforts of skilled negotiators, some states wait for months, years, and even decades, to ratify the treaties they took part ...