Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations provides a uniquely valuable view of current approaches and findings in conflict studies. This volume showcases work informed by four powerful research tools: rational choice theory and game theory; simulation, experimentation, and artificial intelligence; quantitative studies; and case studies. Each research method is introduced and evaluated for its specific potential, including both strengths and weaknesses. Throughout, the notable contributors clearly explain how they choose, frame, and go about answering questions. While expanding our knowledge of particular conflicts, from the Crimean War to the Vietnam War to ongoing Palestinian-Israeli instability, Multiple Paths also furthers our understanding of how to conduct research in international relations.

Zeev Maoz is Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University. Alex Mintz is Cullen-McFadden Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University and Fellow, U.N. Studies, Yale University. T. Clifton Morgan is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Rice University. Glenn Palmer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Penn State University. Richard J. Stoll is Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of the Social Sciences at Rice University.

Chapter 1 Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution: A Conceptual and Methodological IntroductionChapter 2 Rational Choice and Game Theoretic ApproachesChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 Bargaining and Conflict ManagementChapter 5 Prospects for Conflict Management: A Game-Theoretic AnalysisChapter 6 Simulation, Experimentation, and Artificial IntelligenceChapter 7 IntroductionChapter 8 Detecting United States Mediation Styles in the Middle East, 1979-1998Chapter 9 The Role of Mediation in Conflict Management: Conditions for Successful ResolutionChapter 10 An Artificial MediatorChapter 11 Quantitative ApproachesChapter 12 IntroductionChapter 13 Resolving Conflicts: Conditions Favoring Negotiated Compromise in Militarized Interstate DisputesChapter 14 Patterns of Conflict Management and Resolution in Enduring RivalriesChapter 15 Mediation and International Conflict Management: A Review and AnalysisChapter 16 Case Study ApproachesChapter 17 IntroductionChapter 18 The Management and Resolution of International Conflict in a Single Case: American and North Vietnamese Exchanges During the Vietnam WarChapter 19 Crisis Mismanagement or Conflict of Interests?: A Case Study of the Crimean WarChapter 20 Multiple Paths to Knowledge?: Integrating Methodology and Substance in the Study of Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution