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Careful Commitments: Democratic States And Alliance Design, Daina Chiba, Jesse C. Johnson, Brett Ashley Leeds
Careful Commitments: Democratic States And Alliance Design, Daina Chiba, Jesse C. Johnson, Brett Ashley Leeds
Political Science Faculty Publications
Evidence suggests that leaders of democratic states experience high costs from violating past commitments. We argue that because democratic leaders foresee the costs of violation, they are careful to design agreements they expect to have a high probability of fulfilling. This may cause democratic leaders to prefer flexible or limited commitments. We evaluate our argument by analyzing the design of alliance treaties signed by countries of the world between 1815 and 2003. We find that alliances formed among democratic states are more likely to include obligations for future consultation rather than precommitting leaders to active conflict, and defense pacts formed …
2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 2nd Place, Diana Burden
2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 2nd Place, Diana Burden
Constitution Day Essay Contest
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2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 3rd Place, Shawn Murphy
2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 3rd Place, Shawn Murphy
Constitution Day Essay Contest
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2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 1st Place, Thomas Phillips Iii
2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 1st Place, Thomas Phillips Iii
Constitution Day Essay Contest
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