Author
Nioutsikos, I., Travlos, Konstantinos, Daskalopoulou, M.
Publication Date
2023-04
Publication Place
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Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation
Subject
Arms race, Greece-Ottoman Empire, Greece-Turkey, Mutual military buildups, Rivalry
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
2146-7757
Record ID
17bd686d-eda5-49b3-bdc1-503ed0f94926
Library Location
International Relations
Date
2023-04
Notes
Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
Sample Text
The most recent surveys on the study of the connection between mutual military buildups, arms races, and military interstate disputes (MID) warn of research projects, especially in the case of the Greece-Turkey dyad, that have reached a stalemate. This is due to the difficulty of capturing motivations, which constitute the main variable that turns mutual military buildups into arms races. Using the Greece-Ottoman Empire and Greece-Turkey dyads as proof-of-concept cases, we advance a novel approach for analyzing the interrelation between mutual military buildups, arms races, and MIDs that can overcome that stalemate. We suggest a two-stage approach that focuses on the dyad as a unit of analysis. In the first stage, which we preset here, we use rivalry to divide dyad history into periods of differing subsistence military spending. We then locate periods of mutual military buildups in the different rivalry periods of a dyad history. We argue that this process provides a more nuanced and detailed grasp on the presence of mutual military buildups in a dyad. It also provides the foundation for the future second stage of analysis, where qualitative research can focus on the specific periods of mutual military buildups to unearth indicators of motivation.
