The Deterrence Project
University at Buffalo, SUNY
The study of interstate conflict, in general, and crises in particular, has a long and distinguished history at the University at Buffalo, not only in the department of political science, but in the departments of psychology, history, philosophy, and anthropology as well. In 1967 the University founded the Center for International Conflict Studies. Directed by Glenn H. Snyder, the Center's focus was on negotiation and bargaining. The Center produced one major work, Glenn H. Snyder and Paul Diesing's Conflict Among Nations: Bargaining, Decision Making, and System Structure in International Crises. Published in 1977 by Princeton University Press, this classic contribution remains relevant today. It was republished by Princeton in 2015.
The theory of interstate crisis developed in Conflict Among Nations tested a number of deductive theories and models using sixteen case studies, some of which were themselves book length, written by five faculty members, one research associate, and five graduate students at the University at Buffalo. The main purpose of this project is to make these case studies, a number of working papers, and other products of the Center available to the academic community.
Going forward, the Deterrence Project at the University at Buffalo intends to be a repository for material that relates to the work of the now defunct Center and to subsequent research by faculty and students at the University at Buffalo
➢Relevant Faculty (past and
present)
➢Notes taken by Glenn Snyder and Paul Diesing