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Intervention and peace*
Salvatore ModicaDavid K. Levinesubject
Balance (metaphysics)021110 strategic defence & security studiesEconomics and EconometricsHegemony05 social sciences0211 other engineering and technologies02 engineering and technologyManagement Monitoring Policy and LawEvolution Balance of Power Conict Hegemony PeacePower (social and political)Intervention (law)Political economy0502 economics and businessEconomicsWar050207 economicsdescription
Abstract Intervention often does not lead to peace, but rather to prolonged conflict. Indeed, we document that it is an important source of prolonged conflicts. We introduce a theoretical model of the balance of power to explain why this should be the case and to analyse how peace can be achieved: either a hot peace between hostile neighbours or the peace of the strong dominating the weak. Non-intervention generally leads to peace after defeat of the weak. Hot peace can be achieved with sufficiently strong outside intervention. The latter is thus optimal if the goal of policy is to prevent the strong from dominating the weak.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-01 | Economic Policy |