Back to the future: instability in Europe after the Cold War / John J. Mearsheimer -- Offense, defense, and the causes of war / Stephen Van Evera -- Realists as optimists: cooperation as self-help / Charles L. Glaser -- How liberalism produces democratic peace / John M. Owen -- Kant or cant: the myth of the democratic peace / Christopher Layne -- Democratization and the danger of war / Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder -- Hypotheses on nationalism and war / Stephen Van Evera -- Containing fear: the origins and management of ethnic conflict / David A. Lake and Donald Rothchild -- The false promise of international institutions / John J. Mearsheimer -- The problems of institutionalist theory / Robert O. Keohane and Lisa L. Martin -- The promise of collective security / Charles A. Kupchan and Clifford A. Kupchan -- The false premise of realism / John Gerard Ruggie -- Constructing international politics / Alexander Wendt -- A realist reply / John J. Mearsheimer -- Is war obsolete? A review essay / Carl Kaysen -- Economic interdependence and war: a theory of trade expectations / Dale C. Copeland -- Environmental scarcities and violent conflict: evidence from cases / Thomas F. Homer-Dixon -- The utility of force in a world of scarcity / John Orme.

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