on International Relations Theory



  Structural Constraints and Human Agency in Global Summitry and the Liberal Order (with Alan S. Alexandroff). Global Summitry 4, 2 (2019).



Affect, Interest, and Political Entrepreneurs in Ethnic and Religious Conflicts (co-edited with Ayelet Harel-Shalev). Special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies 40, 12 (October 2017): 1981-2134. http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/40/12



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  • Affect, Interest and Political Entrepreneurs in Ethnic and Religious Conflicts. Edited by Arthur A. Stein and Ayelet Harel-Shalev. New York: Routledge, 2018.


  •   Ethnicity, Extraterritoriality, and International Conflict. Ethnic and Racial Studies 40, 12 (October 2017): 2020-2038.

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  • Affect, Interest and Political Entrepreneurs in Ethnic and Religious Conflicts. Edited by Arthur A. Stein and Ayelet Harel-Shalev. New York: Routledge, 2018.


  •   The Great Trilemma: Are Globalization, Democracy, and Sovereignty Compatible?
    International Theory 8, 2 (July 2016): 297-340.

      The Attenuation of Revolutionary Foreign Policy (with Chad E. Nelson).
    International Politics 52, 5 (2015): 626-636.

      Realism/Neorealism. In The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., vol. 20, pp. 26-30. Edited by James D. Wright. New York: Elsevier, 2015.

      Respites or Resolutions: Recurring Crises and the Origins of War. In
    The Next Great War? The Roots of World War I and the Risk of U.S.-China Conflict, pp. 13-23, 221-225. Edited by Richard N. Rosecrance and Steven E. Miller. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2015.

      Recalcitrance and initiative: US hegemony and regional powers in Asia and Europe after World War II.
    International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 14, 1 (January 2014): 147-177.

      Power Politics and the Powerless. In Back to Basics: State Power in a Contemporary World, pp. 219-248. Edited by Martha Finnemore and Judith Goldstein. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.

      Sanctions, Inducements, and Market Power: Political Economy of International Influence. In
    Sanctions, Statecraft, and Nuclear Proliferation, pp. 29-55. Edited by Etel Solingen. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

      Neoliberal Institutionalism. In Oxford Handbook on International Relations
    , pp. 201-221. Edited by Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

      Incentive compatibility and global governance: existential multilateralism, a weakly confederal world, and unipolarity. In Can the World be Governed?, pp. 17-84. Edited by Alan Alexandroff. Waterloo, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, for The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), 2008.

      Constraints and Determinants: Structure, Purpose, and Process in the Analysis of Foreign Policy. In Approaches, Levels, and Methods of Analysis in International Politics: Crossing Boundaries, pp. 189–209. Edited by Harvey Starr. Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.


    No More States?: Globalization, National Self-Determination, and Terrorism. Edited by Richard N. Rosecrance and Arthur A. Stein. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006.


      Trade and Conflict: Uncertainty, Strategic Signaling, and Interstate Disputes. In Economic Interdependence and International Conflict: New Perspectives on an Enduring Debate, pp. 111–126. Edited by Edward D. Mansfield and Brian Pollins. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003.

      Communications Revolutions and International Relations (with Cherie Steele). In Technology, Development, and Democracy: International Conflict and Cooperation in the Information Age, pp. 25–53. Edited by Juliann Emmons Allison. SUNY Series in Global Politics. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.

      Realism/Neorealism. In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Edited by Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, vol. 19: 12812–15. New York: Pergamon Press, 2001.

      Introduction. In The New Great Power Coalition: Toward a World Concert of Nations, pp. 1–17. Edited by Richard Rosecrance. Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman Littlefield Publishers, 2001.

      Constrained Sovereignty: The Growth of International Intrusiveness. In The New Great Power Coalition: Toward a World Concert of Nations, pp. 261–281. Edited by Richard Rosecrance. Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001.

      The Theory of Overlapping Clubs (with Richard Rosecrance). In The New Great Power Coalition: Toward a World Concert of Nations, pp. 221–234. Edited by Richard Rosecrance. Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001.

      Conclusion (with Jennifer Kibbe and Richard Rosecrance). In The New Great Power Coalition: Toward a World Concert of Nations, pp. 367–379. Edited by Richard Rosecrance. Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001.

      Counselors, Kings, and International Relations: From Revelation to Reason, and Still No Policy-relevant Theory. In Being Useful: Policy Relevance and International Relations Theory, pp. 50–74. Edited by Miroslav Nincic and Joseph Lepgold. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.

      Introduction: Prospects and Problems in the New Century (with John Mueller). In Peace, Prosperity, and Politics, pp. 1–11. Edited by John Mueller. Series on The Political Economy of Global Interdependence. Boulder: Westview, 2000.

      The Justifying State: Why Anarchy Doesn’t Mean No Excuses. In Peace, Prosperity, and Politics, pp. 235–255. Edited by John Mueller. Series on The Political Economy of Global Interdependence. Boulder: Westview, 2000.

      The Limits of Strategic Choice: Constrained Rationality and Incomplete Explanation. In Strategic Choice and International Relations, pp. 197–228. Edited by David A. Lake and Robert Powell. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1999.

      Geostructuralism and International Politics: The End of the Cold War and the Regionalization of International Security (with Steven E. Lobell). In Regional Orders: Building Security in a New World, pp. 101–122. Edited by David A. Lake and Patrick M. Morgan. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997.


    The Domestic Bases of Grand Strategy. Edited by Richard Rosecrance and Arthur A. Stein. Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1993.




      Beyond Realism: The Study of Grand Strategy (with Richard Rosecrance). In The Domestic Bases of Grand Strategy, pp. 3–21. Edited by Richard Rosecrance and Arthur A. Stein. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1993.

      Governments, Economic Interdependence, and International Cooperation. In Behavior, Society, and International Conflict, vol. 3, pp. 241–324. Edited by Philip E. Tetlock, Jo L. Husbands, Robert Jervis, Paul C. Stern, and Charles Tilly. New York: Oxford University Press, for the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1993.



    Why Nations Cooperate? Circumstance and Choice in International Relations. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990.


      Strategy as Politics, Politics as Strategy: Domestic Debates, Statecraft, and Star Wars. In The Logic of Nuclear Terror. Edited by Roman Kolkowicz. New York: Allen and Unwin, 1987.

      The Hegemon’s Dilemma: Great Britain, the United States, and the International Economic Order. International Organization 38 (Spring 1984): 355–386.

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  • The International Trading System: Globalization and History. Edited by Kevin O’Rourke. Critical Perspectives on the Global Trading System and the WTO, edited by Kym Anderson and Bernard Hoekman. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004.
  • Theory and Structure in International Political Economy. Edited by Charles Lipson and Benjamin J. Cohen. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1999.
  • The Rise of Free Trade. Volume 4: Free Trade Reappraised: The New Secondary Literature. Edited by Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. London: Routledge, 1997.
  • The International System and the International Political Economy: State Structures and Strategies. The Library of International Political Economy Series, no. 6. Edited by Joseph M. Grieco. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1993.


  •   When Misperception Matters. World Politics 34 (July 1982): 505–526.

      Coordination and Collaboration: Regimes in an Anarchic World. International Organization 36 (Spring 1982): 299–324.

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  • Neorealism și Neoliberalism: Dezbaterea Contemporană. Edited by Edited by David A. Baldwin. Romanian translation by Mihaela Asavi, Ramona-Elena Lupu, and Mihnea-Adrian Vîlceanu. Iași: Institutul European, 2010.
  • Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate. Edited by David A. Baldwin. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.
  • Key Concepts in International Political Economy. The Library of International Political Economy Series, no. 5. Edited by David A. Baldwin. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1993.
  • International Regimes. Edited by Stephen D. Krasner. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1983.


  •   The Politics of Linkage. World Politics 33 (October 1980): 62–81.

      Evaluating War: Outcomes and Consequences, (with Bruce M. Russett). In Handbook of Political Conflict: Theory and Research. Edited by Ted Robert Gurr. New York: The Free Press, 1980.



    The Nation at War. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.



      History, Quantitative Analysis, and the Balance of Power, (with Alan Alexandroff and Richard Rosecrance). Journal of Conflict Resolution 21 (March 1977): 35–56.

      Conflict and Cohesion: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Conflict Resolution 20 (March 1976): 143–172.

      Power, Balance of Power and Status in Nineteenth Century International Relations, (with Richard Rosecrance, Alan Alexandroff, and Brian Healy). Sage Professional Papers in International Studies, no. 29 (1974).

      Interdependence: Myth or Reality? (with Richard Rosecrance). World Politics 26 (October 1973): 1–27.

    Reprinted in:
  • Theorien der Internationalen Politik: Einf ̈uhrung und Texte. Edited by Ursula Lehmkuhl. M ̈unchen/Wien: Oldenbourg Verlag, 1996.
  • Globalism Versus Realism: International Relations’ Third Debate. Edited by Ray Maghroori and Bennett Ramberg. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1982.
  • Comparative Modernization. Edited by Cyril E. Black. New York: The Free Press, 1976.


  •   The Balance of Power in International History: Theory and Reality, (with Brian Healy). Journal of Conflict Resolution 17 (March 1973): 33–61.