Used Paper for Sale: Are Pacific Settlement Agreements Really Worth Anything?

Abstract

The thesis of this paper is that Pacific settlement agreements are contributors to the peacefulness of a nation. The paper is written against the backdrop of international agreements and the United States' seeming unilateral withdrawal amid public uproar. An attempt was made to find a link between the peacefulness of a nation and its ratification of pacific settlement agreements. Hypothesizing that pacific settlement agreements would influence a nation by both existence and number, regression analysis was performed. The results do not enable the researcher to make predictions about state behavior based on ratification of pacific settlement agreements. The author concludes that the hypotheses have theoretical support despite the empirical findings. More research is necessary. Future research should concentrate on control variables as well as type of agreement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA490787

Entities

People

  • Sean F. Conroy

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Politics
  • Political Science
  • Recreation
  • Regression Analysis
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Economics
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).