Determining the Significance of Alliance Pathologies in BipolarSystems: A Case of the Peloponnesian War from 431-421 BCE
| Autor: | Meyer, Anthony Lee Isaac |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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International Relations
Political Science Classical Studies History Military History Ancient Civilizations Ancient History Alliance Pathologies Bipolar Systems Nuclear Weapons Entrapment Chain-Ganging Abandonment Buck-Passing Offensive Advantage Defensive Advantage Deterrence Peloponnesian War Athens Sparta Thebes Corinth Megara Samos Chios Mytilene |
| Druh dokumentu: | Text |
| Popis: | The literature proposes that bipolar systems and international systems with nuclear weapons will not have significant issues with alliance pathologies. But are alliance pathologies really insignificant in Bipolar Systems? The problem is that the literature only describes bipolar systems with nuclear weapons, so one cannot discern whether bipolarity or nuclear weapons alone are responsible for the insignificance of these alliance pathologies. So to solve this problem, this paper will examine a bipolar system in Classical Greece during the time of the Peloponnesian War to isolate any possible influence that nuclear weapons may have on alliance pathologies. This will be done using qualitative analysis in the form of an in-depth case study to focus on a total of six allies from the two superpowers – Athens and Sparta. The findings show that alliance pathologies significantly impact alliances in bipolar systems, which better clarifies the role between polarity, nuclear weapons, and alliance pathologies. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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