Alliance Implementation, Delay, and the outbreak of War

• In Event: International Commitments and War Outcomes

Brief Overview

We argue that delay in the implementation of an alliance may lead to a commitment problem-driven war based on novel data on the "window of implementation," the time between an alliances' inception and its full ratification and implementation.

Authors

• Brett V. Benson, Vanderbilt University

• Bradley Carl Smith, Vanderbilt University

• ChaeEun Cho, Vanderbilt University