Century of International Crisis Behavior
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- ISBN 9780472058181
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Aug 2026
- Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Perhaps more than ever, we need to invest in the study of the causes and consequences of crises. Since its founding in 1975, the International Crisis Behavior (ICB) Project has aimed to better equip academics, policymakers, and the next generation of engaged citizens to make sense of why crises arise and how they can be more effectively managed and prevented. The ICB Project’s data holdings consist of full-length qualitative case studies, along with an expanding range of quantitative datasets that include information regarding the characteristics of the states in crisis, crisis behavior, attempts at third-party crisis management, the role of nonstate actors, and the system-level context.
A Century of International Crisis Behavior summarizes the evolving patterns of international crisis behavior in the more than 500 cases cataloged since 1918, provides an accounting of the state of the scholarship to make sense of the patterns, and presents new findings that advance our understanding. Chapters are grouped according to their level of analysis: studies of systems, dyads, and states. The authors highlight what we have learned and what we have yet to learn regarding the prevention, escalation, and de-escalation of international crises.
Jonathan Wilkenfeld is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland.
Kyle Beardsley is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University.
Patrick James is Dean’s Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the University of Southern California.
