Regions, Power, and Conflict
Thompson, William R. / Nostrand, Rachel van / Pardesi, Manjeet / Volgy, Thomas J. / Bezerra, Paul / Cramer, Jacob / Gordell, Kelly Marie / Zakhirova, Leila / Rasler, Karen / Rhamey Jr., J. Patrick / Sakuwa, Kentaro
The three main levels of analysis in international relations have been the systemic, the national, and the individual. A fourth level that falls between the systemic and the national is the region. It is woefully underdeveloped in comparison to the attention afforded the other three. Yet regions tend to be distinctive theaters for international politics. Otherwise, we would not recognize that Middle Eastern interstate politics somehow does not...
