Interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394" target="_blank" >10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this study, I argue that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers&apos; support for arms control. This is because major powers are able to shape arms control negotiations in their favor, thereby avoiding restrictions to their own armament while imposing heavier limitations on their rivals. Therefore, the costs of arms control (i.e., restrictions to their own armament) tend to outweigh the benefits (i.e., restrictions to their rival&apos;s armament) for non-major powers in rivalries with major powers. In contrast, for major powers, a rivalry with another major power increases both the costs and benefits of arms control and does not substantially affect their arms control support. I investigate my argument in a quantitative analysis, using a new measure of state support for arms control that combines voting data from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with manual coding of 1,178 resolutions adopted during the post-Cold War period. I find a negative relationship between rivalries with major powers and arms control support, but only among non-major powers. This finding illustrates the crucial role of power relations in arms control negotiations and sheds new light on the relationship between rivalries and arms control, as well as on international politics in general.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this study, I argue that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers&apos; support for arms control. This is because major powers are able to shape arms control negotiations in their favor, thereby avoiding restrictions to their own armament while imposing heavier limitations on their rivals. Therefore, the costs of arms control (i.e., restrictions to their own armament) tend to outweigh the benefits (i.e., restrictions to their rival&apos;s armament) for non-major powers in rivalries with major powers. In contrast, for major powers, a rivalry with another major power increases both the costs and benefits of arms control and does not substantially affect their arms control support. I investigate my argument in a quantitative analysis, using a new measure of state support for arms control that combines voting data from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with manual coding of 1,178 resolutions adopted during the post-Cold War period. I find a negative relationship between rivalries with major powers and arms control support, but only among non-major powers. This finding illustrates the crucial role of power relations in arms control negotiations and sheds new light on the relationship between rivalries and arms control, as well as on international politics in general.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Interactions

ISSN

0305-0629

e-ISSN

1547-7444

Svazek periodika

51

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

31

Strana od-do

537-567

Kód UT WoS článku

001509576200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105008442936