Does economic interdependence promote peace or war between states? In Economic Interdependence and War, Dale Copeland argues that the answer depends on states’ expectations of future trade and their assessments of whether interdependence will benefit them or make them vulnerable. Snyder reviews the book and considers the historical relationship between trade expectations and conflict.

Jack S. Levy responds to Jack Snyder's summer 2014 International Security article, "Better Now Than Later: The Paradox of 1914 as Everyone's Favored Year for War."

Why did all of the European continental great powers view 1914 as a favorable moment for war? An examination of this historical paradox reveals the limits of rationalist explanations and the bargaining theory of war.

Jack Snyder replies to Keir Lieber's Fall 2007 International Security article, "The New History of World War I and What It Means for International Relations Theory."

Do international criminal tribunals prevent mass atrocities and other gross human rights abuses? According to Jack Snyder and Leslie Vinjamuri, recent tribunals such as those convened to prosecute war crimes inYugoslaviaand Central Africa“have utterly failed to deter subsequent abuses.”

Does the spread of democracy really contribute to international peace? Successive U. S. administrations have justified various policies intended to promote democracy not only by arguing that democracy is intrinsically good but by pointing to a wide range of research concluding that democracies rarely, if ever, go to war with one another.