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Notes

table of contents
  1. List of Figures and Tables
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. A Note about the Online Appendix
  4. Introduction: Time to Talk
  5. 1. A Theory of Wartime Negotiations
  6. 2. Quantifying Two Centuries of War
  7. 3. Fighting to Talk
  8. 4. Talking to Fight
  9. 5. Fighting Words in the First Arab-Israeli War
  10. 6. The “Talking War” in Korea
  11. Conclusion: Time to Stop Talking
  12. Notes
  13. References
  14. Index

Index

Page numbers followed by f or t refer to figures or tables.

Abbas, Mahmoud, 160

Abdel-Hadi, Ibrahim, 158

Acheson, Dean, 9, 15, 168, 205

Active battles, data, 69, 70f

Act of Brasilia, 134–135

Actors, battle data, 63–64

Afghanistan, invasion of, 5

Albert, Charles (King of Sardinia), 57

Alexander II (Emperor of Russia), 10

Alliance variable, modeling wartime negotiations, 79, 84

Allied powers. See also World War I; individual states by name

Crimean War (1853–56), 10

Al-Musawar (magazine), 158

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty (1936), 158

Angola, War over (1975–76), 55

Aouzou Strip, War over (1986–87), 40, 66

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 35–36

advantages, Arab state, 146–148

battlefield developments, 142–143

Bernadotte, Folke, 144–145, 149–150, 152, 153–155

case study, 141–161

costs, 157, 159

disadvantages, 146–150

establishment of Israel, 141, 143–144

exhaustion of forces during, 147, 148–149

external pressures, 146, 150, 152, 154, 158, 159–161

Haganah, 144, 146–147

higher ground advantage, 146, 156

insincere negotiations, 142, 146, 150–152, 154, 157–158

latent external diplomatic pressures, 142–143

Mandatory Palestine and, 141, 144, 155, 157

map, 145f

news media, 154, 158

“Palestinian Question,” 143–144

public opinion, perceptions, and misconceptions during, 150, 152, 154, 158

respites during, 150–152

review of wartime diplomacy, 157–159

ripeness theory and, 159

shuttle diplomacy during, 149–150, 154

side effects from diplomacy, 143, 146

sincerity in negotiations, 142–143, 158

stalling for time, 142, 146, 150–152, 154, 156, 157

third-party pressures and, 159–161

United Kingdom involvement, 142–144

United Nations mediation, 141–142

weapons supply, 151

World War I, effects of, 143

World War II veterans involved, 151

Yishuv, 143, 144, 147, 151

Arab League, 144–146, 149, 152–154, 158

Arab states. See Arab-Israeli War (1948–49); specific countries by name

Archival data, 163, 179–190. See also Computational analysis of archival data of Korean War

Argentina

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 129, 137

Falklands War (1982), 2–3, 5, 13, 40, 55–57, 89, 199

La Plata War (1851–52), 5

López or Paraguayan War (1864–70), 27

Armellini, Carlo, 122–123

Arms reductions negotiations, 34

The Art of War (Sun-Tzu), 119

Assad government, 40–41

Assam War (1962), 38

Assumptions in current knowledge of war, 6–9

Attacker, 63–64, 66–67, 67t

Audience cost theory, 30

Austria. See also War of the Roman Republic (1849)

Austro-Sardinian War (1848), 57, 58f

Second Schleswig-Holstein War (1864), 55

Auxiliary actors. See External influences; Third parties

Average trajectory of negotiations, 60f

Avoidance of continued fighting, benefits of persistence in negotiations, 31–33

Avoidance of negotiations, 26–31, 40. See also Insincerity in negotiations

Bad faith. See Insincerity in negotiations

Baek Son-yeop, 171

“Bag of words” approach, 184

Baker, James, 36

Balanced random forest model, 186, 187

Balas, Alexandru, 74

Balfour Declaration (1917), 143

Bargaining model of war, 7–8, 14, 25, 33, 37, 116, 139–140, 201–202, 203

comparison to negotiations, 23

modeling wartime negotiations, 110

BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement), 21, 24–26, 33, 202

Battle data, 13–16, 62–70. See also Computational analysis; Statistical analysis

active battles, 69, 70f

actors, 63–64

attacker, 63–64, 66–67, 67t

casualties as measurement of, 62–63

coding battles, 63–67, 67t

commencement of action, 65–66

daily-level measures of battlefield outcomes, 68–70, 70f

dates and duration, 65–66

defender, 63–64, 66–67, 67t

defining and justifying battles, 62–63

distribution of battle victories, 67t

examples, 66–67, 67t, 70f

“forts,” 63, 67

guerrilla warfare and, 67

measures of battlefield activity, 68–70, 70f

momentum, 68, 70f

outcomes, defined, 64–65

overall imbalance, 69, 70f

position, 68–69, 70f

recent imbalance, 68, 70f

strategic objectives, 63–64

time, 65–66

World War I, 64, 69, 70f

World War II, 65

Battlefield information, 21

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 142–143

combination with latent external pressures, 44–47, 44f

fort, definition of, 42

insincerity in negotiations, effects of, 36–38

Korean War (1950–53), impact on diplomatic behavior, 175–176, 178–179

mobilization and remobilization, 37

modeling wartime negotiations, 94

predicted negotiation behavior, 44f

rationale for negotiation, 42–44

sincerity of negotiations, choices regarding, 43–47

Battlefield operations influenced by negotiation, 16–17, 112–140

active battle trend, 114

binary variables, 114

case studies, 121–130

ceasefires, 113–114, 116

changing battlefield trends, 116–121

coefficient plots, 118f

concurrent negotiation, 117

contemporaneous trends, 113, 114

count variable, 113

expectations and beliefs, 119–120

external negotiations, 114, 116

fading effects of negotiation, 120–121

first-mover advantage in war, 117–119

inconsistency, 119–121

initiator, 117–119

insincere negotiations, 112, 116

internal negotiations, 114, 116

momentum, 120–121

Poisson model, 113

postnegotiation window, 116–117, 118f, 120–121

prewar expectations and beliefs, 119–120

quantitative analysis, 113–138

recent battles, number of, 114

recent imbalance, 113

sincerity of negotiations, 114, 116

statistical analysis, 113–138

third-party pressures, 114

time trend variable, 117

trends, 116–121

war target’s rally, 117–119

Bayesian information criterion (BIC), 75

Belaúnde Terry, Fernando, 40

Benefits of wartime negotiation, 13, 21, 24

persistence in negotiations, 31–38

Ben-Gurion, David, 18, 141, 144, 147–148, 152–159

Bercovitch, Jacob, 90, 92

Bernadotte, Folke, 144–145, 149–150, 152, 153–155

Best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA), 21, 24–26, 33, 202

Between Peace and War (Lebow), 35

Biden, Joseph, 207

Binary negotiation variable, modeling wartime negotiations, 87f

Bivariate logistic regressions, statistical validation, 75–76

Blainey, Geoffrey, 43

Bluffing, 6

Bo, Mai Van, 54

Bohlen, Charles, 178

Bosnian War (1992–95), 15, 210

Bradley, Omar, 178

Brazil, 27, 129, 137

La Plata War (1851–52), 5

Britain. See United Kingdom

British Mandate in Palestine, 143, 144, 159

Bunche, Ralph, 155–157

Bush, George H. W., 36

Byzantine Empire, 96

Callaghan, James, 103, 105, 106

Canada, Korean War involvement, 168

Capabilities, modeling wartime negotiations, 78

Cardenas, Ernesto, 132

Carmel, Moshe, 151, 160

Carnevale, Peter, 9

Case studies

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 141–161

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 128–138, 139

Greco-Turkish War (1897), 95–100, 110

Korean War (1950–53), 162–197

Turco-Cypriot War (1974), 100–109, 110

War of the Roman Republic (1849), 122–128, 139

Castro, Fidel, 27–28

Casualties

computational analysis, 181–183, 182f, 190, 194

Korean War (1950–53), 167, 181–183, 182f, 190, 194

as measurement of battle data, 62–63

Ceasefires, 113–114, 116, 211–212

United Nations ceasefire committee, 168

War of the Roman Republic (1849), 125

Cenepa River. See Cenepa Valley War (1995)

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 18, 128–138, 139

demilitarized zone, 132–133

externally motivated negotiations, 138

first-mover advantage, 135

higher ground advantage, 130

map, 131f

Paquisha War (1981), 130

public opinions, 132–133

stalling tactics, 135–136

Central Intelligence Agency assessment, 196

Central powers. See World War I

Chad, Libyan-Chad War (1986–87), 40, 66

Charles Albert (King of Piedmont), 122

Chile, Cenepa Valley War (1995), 129, 137

China. See People’s Republic of China (PRC)

Choosing to negotiate, 38–47. See also Insincerity in negotiations; Sincerity in negotiations

Churchill, Winston, 30–31

CINC (Composite Index of National Capability) ratio, 78, 84, 119, 120, 222n. 23

Civil war, negotiations in, 205–206

Clark, Mark W., 196

Clausewitz, Carl von, 20, 62, 117–118

Clerides, Glafcos, 105

Climate change, negotiations regarding, 208–209

Clinton, Hillary, 160

Coding language, 185–187

Coefficient plots

battlefield, influenced by negotiation, 118f

logistic regressions, archival data of Korean War, 192f, 195f

modeling wartime negotiations, 81f, 82f, 91f, 93f

multistate models of negotiation, 81f, 82f, 91f

Poisson models of active battles, 115f

survival model of third-party diplomatic interventions, 93f

Cold War

arms reductions negotiations, 34

intrastate conflicts since, 205

Collection of data. See Statistical analysis

Collective bargaining negotiations, 34

Columbia, 205

Commencement of actions, 65–66

Commitment problems, avoidance of negotiations and, 27–28

Communications

avoidance of negotiations, 26–31, 40. See also Insincerity in negotiations

defining negotiations, 55

Communist states. See also Korean War (1950–53); specific states by name

issues in negotiating with, 204–205

Completed battles, modeling wartime negotiations, 80

Composite Index of National Capability (CINC) ratio, 78, 84, 119, 120, 222n. 23

Computational analysis

generally. See Statistical analysis

of archival data. See Computational analysis of archival data of Korean War

Computational analysis of archival data of Korean War, 163, 179–190

“bag of words” approach, 184

balanced random forest model, 186, 187

casualties, 181–183, 182f, 190, 194

coding language, 185–187

coefficient plots of logistic regressions, 192f, 195f

Communist States reports, 182–183

costs, 194, 196

cross-validation techniques, 187

daily operations reports, 179–182

delegations’ degrees of sincerity, 190, 193–194

design of statistical tests, 189–190

distribution of sincere negotiation behavior, 187t

examples of entries from UNC reports, 180t

ground losses, 194

guerrilla warfare, 182

hostility and obstinacy, 184

length of reports, 190

logistic regression model, 191, 192f, 193

measuring battlefield activity, 179–183

measuring negotiation behavior, 183–189

methodology, 183–184

misclassifications, 189

missing in action (MIA) numbers, 181–182

negotiation behavior, 187t, 188f

observations about sincerity, 188

out-of-sample data, 186

overall conclusion, 194

political considerations, 190

predicted sincerity of negotiation, 193t

prisoners of war, 182f, 183

proof of hypotheses, 194

quantitative results, 191–194

random forest model, 186, 187

recent casualties, 190

recent costs, 191

recent imbalance, 190, 191, 193

ripeness theory, 196

separate analysis of delegations’ statements, 193–194

side effects, 196

sincerity or insincerity of negotiations, 183–184, 185–190

statistical success of negotiations, 197

supervised learning method, 163, 186, 187, 190

terminology used, 180, 180t, 185

United Nations Command reports, 180–182, 180t, 181f

unit of analysis, 189–190

validation of data measurements, 187–189

variables, 190

wounded in action (WIA) numbers, 181–182

Condor Mountains. See Cenepa Valley War (1995)

Conference of the Parties (COP), 208

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), 34

Congress of Berlin, 1878, 95, 96, 101

Congress of Vienna, 1814 and 1815, 89

Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece, 97, 98

Contiguity variable, modeling wartime negotiations, 78

Copenhagen Accord, 208

Cordillera del Cóndor. See Cenepa Valley War (1995)

Correlates of War (COW) Project, 220 n.1

Direct Contiguity dataset, 78

Inter-State War dataset, 63, 221 n.1

State System Membership dataset, 79, 89–90

Costly conversations thesis (CCT), 9, 52, 216n. 28

Costs of wartime negotiation, 11, 21, 24, 200, 203, 211

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 157, 159

assumptions in current knowledge of war, 8–9

avoidance issues, 27

domestic political costs, 30–31

Korean War (1950–53), 194, 196

public perceptions of negotiations, 27–31

Crete

Greco-Turkish War (1897), 17, 65, 95–100, 110

map, 95f

Crimean War (1853–56), 10

Crisis diplomacy, 20

Cross-validation techniques, 187

Cuba, avoidance of negotiations, 27–28

Cultural influence on diplomatic styles, 204–205

Cumulative outcomes, modeling wartime negotiations, 79–80

Cyprus. See also Turco-Cypriot War (1974)

map, 100f

1960 Treaty of Guarantee, 101

Republic of Cyprus, 101

United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), 101–102

Data. See Statistical analysis

Dates and duration. See also Timing

battle data, 65–66

Deadlock, 50

Declaration of Itamaraty, 133

Defender

defined, 63–64

examples, 66–67, 67t

Defining negotiations, 9, 22–26

BATNA, 21, 24

reversion outcome, 21, 24–26

statistical analysis and, 55–56

Deflection of pressure and blame, insincerity in negotiations, 35–36

Delay tactics. See Insincerity in negotiations

Deliyiannis, Theodoros, 99

Democratic initiators, modeling wartime negotiations, 79

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). See North Korea

Denmark, Second Schleswig-Holstein War (1864), 55

Design

computational analysis of archival data of Korean War, 189–190

modeling wartime negotiations, 78–80

Détente, Cold War, 34

Diehl, Paul, 74

Dilatory negotiation. See Insincerity in negotiations

Diplomacy. See also External influences

comparison to negotiations, 23

definition of, 23

Diplomatic Exchange dataset, 79

Direct negotiations, 22

DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). See North Korea

Durán Ballén, Sixto, 133, 136, 137, 138

Ecevit, Bülent, 102, 103, 104, 106, 108, 109

Ecuador. See Cenepa Valley War (1995)

Egypt. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

Madrid Conference, 36

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 175, 190, 191, 193

El Salvador, Third Central American War (1906), 57

Emmanuel, Victor, 57

enosis (“union” in Greek), 101

EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters), 101

EOKA B, 101

Ethiopia, 212

Exploitation of diplomacy, 204

External influences. See also Latent external pressures; Perceptions; Third parties

computational analysis of archival data, 190

deflection of pressure and blame, 35–36

Korean War (1950–53), 168

predicted negotiation behavior, conditional on environment, 44f

External negotiations. See also Shuttle diplomacy; Third parties

defined, 56–57

distinction from internal negotiations, 61

frequency and results of, 60t

Falklands War (1982), 2–3, 5, 13, 40, 55–57, 89, 199

Farouk (King of Egypt), 158

Fearon, James, 6, 14

Finland, Russo-Finnish War (1939–40), 55

First Arab-Israeli War. See Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

First Kashmir War (1947–49), 75

First Peloponnesian War, 46

Fisher, Roger, 9, 24

Fixed international institutions, 74–75. See also United Nations

Foreign Affairs (journal), 209–210

“Forgotten War.” See Korean War (1950–53)

“Forts”

battle data and, 63, 67

definition of, 42, 63

France

War of the Roman Republic (1849), 123–124, 139

World War I, 69

Frequency of wartime negotiations, 44f, 48

across war-days, 60t

civil wars, 206

modeling wartime negotiations, 78

1945 as turning point in, 72–76

Fujimori, Alberto, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135

Galtieri, Leopoldo, 40

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 123–128

Gartner, Scott, 14, 90

Gaviria Trujillo, César, 132

Geneva Convention (1949), 74, 174

Germany, 65

Iranian nuclear ambitions and, 20

public perceptions of negotiations, 30–31

third party involvement in Greco-Turkish War (1897), 95–100

World War I, 69

Getting to Yes (Fisher and Ury), 9, 24

“Give War a Chance” (Luttwak), 209–210

Gneisenau, August von, 37

Goertz, Gary, 74

Great Powers. See also individual countries by name

third party involvement in Greco-Turkish War (1897), 95–100

Greco-Turkish War (1897), 17, 65, 95–100, 95f, 110

Greece, 46. See also Turco-Cypriot War (1974)

1960 Treaty of Guarantee, 101

Greco-Turkish War (1897), 65, 95–100, 110

“Green Line,” Cyprus, 101–102

Grivas, George, 102

Ground losses. See also Casualties; Costs of wartime negotiation

computational analysis of archival data, 194

Guatemala, Third Central American War (1906), 57

Guerrilla warfare, 102, 130

battle data and, 67

computational analysis of archival data of Korean War, 182

Guide to Diplomatic Practice (Satow), 23

Gullion, Edmund, 54

Güneş, Turan, 103, 108

Haganah, 144, 146–147

Hague Convention (1899), 74

Hague Conventions (1949), 74

Haig, Alexander, 2, 40, 55

Harrison, William, Jr., 198

Hazard models of war termination, 85, 87f

Hazard ratios, 80, 83, 83t

Hermes, Walter G., 172, 187

Higher elevation advantage

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 146, 156

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 130

War of the Roman Republic (1849), 124–126, 139

Hiroshima, bombing of, 74

Holsti, Kalevi J., 78

Honduras, Third Central American War (1906), 57

Hostage negotiations, 34

Howard, Lisa (ABC News correspondent), 27

How Communists Negotiate (Joy), 204

How Nations Negotiate (Iklé), 22, 55

Hsieh Fang, 172, 184

Humanitarian peace efforts, 212–213

Hurting stalemate, 50

Hussein (King of Jordan), 28

Hypotheses, 48, 194. See also Implications for negotiation

Hypothesis 1, 48, 99, 150

Hypothesis 2, 48, 150

Hypothesis 3, 48, 99–100, 160

Hypothesis 4, 48, 112, 113, 127, 137, 139, 150

Hypothesis 5, 48, 113, 116, 117, 127, 137, 139, 153

Ibn Saud (King of Saudi Arabia), 113–114

ICM (International Conflict Management) dataset, 92

Idi Amin, 59

Iklé, Fred C., 22, 33, 40, 42, 55

Imbalance. See Overall imbalance; Recent imbalance in fighting

Implications for negotiation, 48–51. See also Battlefield operations influenced by negotiation

caveats, 49–50

ripeness theory compared, 50–51

India

Assam War (1962), 38

First Kashmir War (1947–49), 64, 75

Kargil War (1999), 5

Insincerity in negotiations, 11–12, 200, 204. See also Battlefield information; War of the Roman Republic (1849)

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 142, 146, 150–152, 154, 157–158

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 135–136, 138

civil wars, 206

combination of latent external pressures with battlefield information, 44–47, 44f

computational analysis of archival data, 183–190

definition of insincere negotiations, 21, 33

deflection of pressure and blame, 35–36

future fighting, effects on, 33–38

higher latent pressures and, 90

Korean War (1950–53), 163, 164, 178, 183–184, 185–190

latent external pressures, 39–42

mobilization and planning, 36–38

predicted negotiation behavior, 44f

rejection of insincere negotiations, 199

reorganization on battlefield, 36–38

side effects of stalling, 34–38

Turco-Cypriot War (1974), 106–109

Internal negotiations

defined, 56

distinction from external negotiations, 61

frequency and results of, 60t

modeling wartime negotiations, 85, 87f, 88

International Conflict Management (ICM) dataset, 92

International relations, progress in, 206–209

Ioannidis, Dimitrios, 102

Iran

nuclear ambitions, limitations on, 20

nuclear diplomacy, 207

Syrian civil war, mediation of peace talks, 41

Iraq. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

invasion of, 5

Israel. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

establishment of, 141, 143–144

League of Nations and, 143

Madrid Conference, 36

Mandatory Palestine, 141, 144, 155, 157

World Wars and, 143–144

Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 147, 151, 153, 156, 158. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

Israeli Air Force, 151–152

Issue salience, modeling wartime negotiations, 78, 83–84, 92

Italy. See War of the Roman Republic (1849)

Itamaraty Declaration, 133, 134, 137

Janiculum (hill in Rome). See War of the Roman Republic (1849)

Japan. See also Korean War (1950–53)

Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), 1–2, 3, 5, 12, 45, 57

Second Sino-Japanese War (1931–33), 10

Jaques, Tony, 63

Jerusalem, 144, 145f, 147, 148, 153–155

Johnson, Lyndon, 27–28

Johnson, Nelson T., 10

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), 20, 207

Jordan. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

avoidance of negotiations, 28

Madrid Conference, 36

Joy, C. Turner, 170–173, 177, 197, 204

Kaplow, Jeffrey, 205

Kargil War (1999), 5

Kashmir Wars, 1947–49, 64, 75

Kennan, George, 168

Kennedy, John F., 28–29

Kerry, John, 20, 160, 161

Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali, 207

Khrushchev, Nikita, 28

Kim Il-sung, 166

Kim Jong-un, 208

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 122

Kissinger, Henry, 103, 105, 106, 107

Kollek, Teddy, 148

Kollontai, Alexandra, 55

Komura (Japanese diplomat), 1

Korean War (1950–53), 18, 46, 162–197, 198

archival data, 163, 179–190. See also Computational analysis of archival data of Korean War

avoidance of negotiations, 27

background of, 164–179

battlefield information, impact on diplomatic behavior, 175–176, 178–179

case study, 162–197

casualties, 167

ceasefires, 168

Communist diplomacy during, 204–205

delegate’s diplomacy experience, 203

external pressure, 168

first year, 164–167

insincerity of negotiations, 163, 164, 178

latent external pressure, 163

map, 165f

messaging strategies, 176–178

mutually hurting stalemate, 50

negotiation data, 56, 58f, 59

political vs. military attitudes, 171–172, 176–178

prisoners of war (POWs), 174–175, 182f, 183, 187–188, 190, 194

propaganda, 163, 164, 169, 171, 174, 176–177

public perceptions and opinions, 46, 163, 167–169, 174, 176–178, 199, 200

recesses during negotiation, 56, 59

reports by Communist States, 182–183

reports by UNC, 180–182, 180t, 181f

second and third years, 170–175

sincerity of negotiations, 163, 172

stalling tactics, 178

third parties, 168, 169, 170

Lall, Arthur S., 205

Lampson, Miles, 10

La Plata War (1851–52), 5

Latent external pressures, 12, 16, 39–42, 61, 200. See also Perceptions; Propaganda and news media; Third parties

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 142–143, 146, 150, 152, 154, 158–161

combination with battlefield information, 44–47, 44f

defined, 39

deflection, 35–36

Israel, establishment of, 141

Korean War (1950–53), 163

modeling wartime negotiations, 78, 80, 83, 85–94, 87f, 109–111

negotiation data and, 61

1945 as turning point in third-party interventions, 72–76, 141

post-1945, 72–76, 209

Turco-Cypriot War (1974), 103–109

Lawler, Edward, 9

League of Nations, 10, 143

Lebanon. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

Madrid Conference, 36

Lebow, Richard Ned, 35

Lesseps, Ferdinand, 125–126, 127

Leverage in bargaining, reversion outcome, 21, 24–26, 33, 202

Libyan-Chad War (1986–87), 40, 66

Lie, Trygve, 153, 168

Li Kenong, 171, 177, 178

Logic of negotiating, 38–47. See also Insincerity in negotiations; Sincerity in negotiations

Logistic regression model, 191, 192f, 193

London Conference (1864), 55

López or Paraguayan War (1864–70), 27

Luttwak, Edward, 15, 210

MacArthur, Douglas, 166, 169–170

Machine learning, 18

Macmillan, Harold, 28

Madrid Conference, 36

Major powers. See also United Nations; specific countries by name

modeling wartime negotiations, 79, 88–90

Makarios III (president of Republic of Cyprus), 101, 102

Malik, Jacob, 169, 196

Mandatory Palestine, 141, 144, 155, 157

Manila, 62, 74

Mao Zedong, 38, 167, 168, 169, 171, 174, 178, 194

Maps

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 145f

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 131f

Crete, 95f

Cyprus, 100f

Korean War (1950–53), 165f

Palestine, 145f

Papal States, 123f

María Sanguinetti, Julio, 134

Marne, battles of the, 69

Mastro, Oriana Skylar, 9, 28, 52, 169, 216n. 28

Mavros, George, 103, 108

Mazzini, Giuseppe, 122–123, 125

McGaffey, David C., 35

Measurements in computational analysis of archival data

battlefield activity, 179–183

negotiation behavior, 183–189

Mediation and mediated negotiations, 22, 211. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49); Third parties

external negotiations, contrasted with, 57

“Megali Idea” (“Great Idea”), 96, 98

Menéndez, Mario, 2

Messaging strategies, Korean War (1950–53), 176–178

Methodology, computational analysis of archival data, 183–184

Mexico, Third Central American War (1906), 57

Middle East. See Arab-Israeli War (1948–49); specific countries by name

Military objectives. See “Forts”

Military Observer Mission, Ecuador Peru (MOMEP), 133–134

Military resources. See Battlefield information

Minimally acceptable offers, 24–25

Minor-power wars, 89–90, 94

Minor sources of pressure, modeling wartime negotiations, 88–90

Misclassifications, computational analysis of archival data, 189

Missing in action (MIA) numbers, 181–182

Mobilization and remobilization, insincere negotiations and, 37

Modeling wartime negotiations, 76–94. See also Battlefield operations influenced by negotiation

alliance variable, 79, 84

bargaining models of war, 110

battlefield outcomes, 94

binary negotiation variable, 87f

capabilities, 78

case studies, 94–109, 110

CINC ratio variable, 78, 84, 119, 120, 222n. 23

coefficient plots, 81f, 82f, 91f, 93f

comparison of pre-1945 and post-1945 wars, 80, 83, 84, 85

completed battles, number of, 80

contiguity variable, 78

cumulative outcomes, 79–80

democratic initiators, 79

design of model, 78–80

determinants of third-party pressure, 90–94

frequency of negotiations, 78

hazard models of war termination, 85, 87f

hazard ratios, 80, 83, 83t

internal negotiations, 85, 87f, 88

issue salience, 78, 83–84, 92

latent external pressure, 78, 80, 83, 85–94, 87f, 109–111

major allies variable, 79

major powers, 88–90

minor sources of pressure, 88–90

multistate models, 76–77, 77f, 78, 83t

nuclear states variable, 79, 84, 92

number of states involved, 79, 92

opponent diplomatic representation, 79

overall imbalance, 80, 84, 94

propensity to negotiate over course of wars, 86f

recent imbalance in fighting, 78, 80, 83, 94, 110

results of, 80–84

selection effect, 92

“terminal” state, 77

termination of hostilities, 77, 77f, 90

timing, 79–80

transitions between states, frequency of, 77, 83t, 84

trends in negotiations, 85, 86f

Momentum, battle data, 68, 70f

Montevideo Declaration, 134, 137

Moon Jae-in, 208

Moore, Jeremy, 2

Multistate models, modeling wartime negotiations, 76–77, 77f, 78, 83t

Nagasaki, bombing of, 74

Nam Il, 171, 172, 198

Napoleon (Bonaparte), 89, 203

Napoleon, Louis, 139. See also War of the Roman Republic (1849)

National Labor Relations Act, 34

National Material Capabilities dataset, CINC ratio, 78, 84, 119, 120, 222n. 23

National Organization of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA), 101, 102

NATO, Cold War arms reductions negotiations, 34

Negotiated settlement, 77f

distinction from, 222 n.15

hazard ratios of transitions in wartime diplomacy, 83t

states and transitions of war, 77f, 81f, 82f, 84

Negotiating with the Chinese Communists (Young), 204

Negotiation data, 13–16, 54–61. See also Computational analysis; Statistical analysis

average trajectory of negotiations, 60f

binary negotiation variable, 76

bivariate logistic regressions, 75–76

defining and coding negotiations, 55–56

examples, 57–59, 58f

external negotiations, 56–57, 60t, 61

frequency of negotiations across war-days, 60t

internal negotiations, 56, 60t, 61

modeling. See Modeling wartime negotiations

negotiations in four wars, 58f

recesses during negotiation, 56, 59

results of wartime negotiations, 60t

structural break test, 75

third-party initiatives, 56–57

timing, 56, 59, 61f

trends and patterns in negotiations, 60–61, 60f

Negotiations, defined, 22–26

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 38, 168

Netanyahu, Benjamin, 160

Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC), 173, 174, 176, 185

New media sources, effect on data, 55

New York Times, 108, 161, 176, 198, 200

Nicholas I (Tsar of Russia), 10

Nicholas II (Tsar of Russia), 1, 99

Nicolson, Harold, 204

1945, as turning point in third-party interventions. See Post–1945 world

1972, as inflection point in third-party interventions, 75

Nixon, Richard, 103

Noesner, Gary, 34

Nonstate parties. See Third parties

Normative ideals for diplomacy, 203–205

Northern Ireland, 205

North Korea. See also Korean War (1950–53)

nuclear efforts, 207–208

perceptions and international acceptance of, 208

North Korean People’s Army (KPA), 166

North Vietnam, 54

Nuclear weapons

diplomacy efforts, 207–208

effect on attitudes toward war, 74

modeling wartime negotiations, 79, 84, 92

Number of states, modeling wartime negotiations, 79, 92

Nuremberg trials, 74

Obama, Barack, 160

Obang, Philip, 59

The Office (television series), 28

Olver, S. J. L., 104–105

Onu, Peter, 59

On War (Clausewitz), 20

Opponent diplomatic representation, modeling wartime negotiations, 79

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 208

Organization of African Unity (OAU), 40, 55, 59

Organization of American States (OAS), 130, 132

Ottoman Empire. See also Turco-Cypriot War (1974); Turkey

Second Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), 29–30, 66

World War I, 69, 143

Oudinot, Nicholas Charles. See War of the Roman Republic (1849)

Outcomes, defined, 64–65

Out-of-sample data, 186

Outside actors. See Perceptions; Third parties

Overall imbalance

battle data, 69, 70f

modeling wartime negotiations, 80, 84, 94

Oxford English Dictionary, 23

Pakistan

First Kashmir War (1947–49), 64, 75

Kargil War (1999), 5

Palestine. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

after World War I, 143

Arabs in, 144

avoidance of negotiations, 28

British involvement, 143, 144

British Mandate in Palestine, 143, 144, 159

Madrid Conference, 36

Mandatory Palestine, 141, 144, 155, 157

map, 145f

United Nations involvement in, 144–145, 149–150, 152, 153–155

“Palestinian Question,” 143–144

Papadopoulos, Georgios, 102

Papal States. See War of the Roman Republic (1849)

Paquisha War (1981), 130

Paraguay, War of the Triple Alliance (1864–70), 27

Paris Climate Agreement, 208–209

Pasha, Edhem, 97, 98, 99

Peacetime negotiations, 206–209

Pederson, Geir, 41

People’s Daily (newspaper), 169

People’s Republic of China (PRC). See also Korean War (1950–53)

Assam War (1962), 38

Negotiating with the Chinese Communists (Young), 204

Second Sino-Japanese War (1931–33), 10

People’s Volunteer Army (PVA), 167, 174

Perceptions, 12, 28, 30–31, 128, 200. See also External influences; Propaganda and news media

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 150, 152, 154, 158

Korean War (1950–53), 163, 167–169, 174, 176–178

of weakness, 9, 12, 21, 27–31, 41–43, 167–169, 200, 201, 205

Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier, 2, 40

Persian Gulf War (1990–91), 36

Persistence in negotiations, 31–38

Peru. See Cenepa Valley War (1995); Falklands War (1982)

Pillar, Paul, 33

Pius IX (pope), 122, 123, 126

Planning, insincere negotiations and, 37

Poisson model, coefficient plots for, 113

Poland, Russo-Polish War (1919–20), 32–33

Political pressures. See also External influences; Perceptions; Third parties

Korean War (1950–53), 171–172, 176–178, 190

Polity dataset, 79

Popular culture and perceptions, avoidance of negotiations, 28

Portsmouth Peace Treaty, 1–2, 12, 45, 57

Position, battle data, 68–69, 70f

Post–1945 world, 16–17, 72–76, 201–202, 209. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

statistical validation for, 75–76

Post-Stalin period, 175, 190, 191, 193

PRC. See People’s Republic of China (PRC)

Predicted sincerity of negotiation, computational analysis of archival data, 193t

Price, Ned, 207

The Prince of Peace (UN radio program), 169

Prisoners of war (POWs), Korean War (1950–53), 174–175, 182f, 183, 187–188, 190, 194

Proano, Enrique, 136

Project Mars, 221 n.1

Propaganda and news media

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 154, 158

Korean War (1950–53), 163, 164, 169, 171, 174, 176–177

Prussia

field tactics, 37

Second Schleswig-Holstein War (1864), 55

Public opinion, perceptions, and misconceptions. See External influences; Perceptions

Purpose, assumptions in current knowledge of war, 9

Quantitative measurements, diplomatic and wartime data. See Statistical analysis

Quantitative results, computational analysis of archival data of Korean War, 191–194

Raisi, Ebrahim, 207

Random forest model, 186, 187

Rational choice framework for war, 5–6

Rationale for negotiation, 38–47

battlefield information, 42–44

combination of pressure and information, 44–47

deflection of pressure and blame, 35–36

implications, 48–51

latent external pressure, 39–42. See also Latent external pressures

Recent costs and casualties, computational analysis of archival data, 190, 191

Recent imbalance in fighting

battle data, 68, 70f

computational analysis of archival data, 190, 191, 193

modeling wartime negotiations, 78, 80, 83, 94, 110

Recesses during negotiation, 56, 59. See also Insincerity in negotiations

Remobilization, 37. See also Insincerity in negotiations

Republic of Korea (ROK). See also Korean War (1950–53)

nuclear issues and, 208

Research sources, effect on data, 54–55

Respites during battle from stalling tactics. See Insincerity in negotiations

Results, modeling wartime negotiations, 80–84

Resupply opportunities. See Insincerity in negotiations

Reversion outcome, 21, 24–26, 33, 202

Rhee Syng-man, 166, 175

Ridgway, Matthew, 169–170, 172

Rio de Janeiro Protocol (Rio Protocol), 129–130, 132, 134, 137

Ripeness theory, 8, 50–51, 110, 139, 159, 196–197, 202

Roberts, Ivor, 204

ROK (Republic of Korea). See also Korean War (1950–53)

nuclear issues and, 208

Roman Republic. See War of the Roman Republic (1849)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1, 57

Rossi, Pellegrino, 122

Rubinstein, Ariel, 22–23

Rusk, Dean, 168

Russia. See Soviet Union

Russo-Finnish War (1939–40), 55

Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), 1–2, 3, 5, 12, 45, 57

Russo-Polish War (1919–20), 32–33

Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), 29–30, 66, 95

Russo-Ukraine war begun in 2022, 199–200, 212–213

Saffi, Aurelio, 122–123

Saib al-Jaburi, Salah, 151

Sampson, Nikos, 102, 103, 105

Sardinia, 57

Satow, Ernest Mason, 23

Satow’s Diplomatic Practice (Roberts), 204

Saudi Arabia. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

Saudi-Yemeni War (1934), 67, 113–114

Schelling, Thomas, 28

Schlesinger, James, 107

Scholarly implications of theory, 201–203

Second Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), 29–30, 66

Second Schleswig-Holstein War (1864), 55

Second Sino-Japanese War (1931–33), 10

Secret negotiations, effect on data, 54

Selection effect, modeling wartime negotiations, 92

Sharett, Moshe, 156

Shining Path (political party), 130, 135

Shuttle diplomacy

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 149–150, 154

Falklands War (1982), 55

Persian Gulf War (1990–91), 36

Side effects from diplomacy, 34–38, 218n. 55. See also Insincerity in negotiations

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 143, 146

computational analysis of archival data, 196

diplomatic advantages of, 47

Sincerity in negotiations, 11, 200

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 142–143, 158

benefits of persistence in negotiations, 31–33

combination of latent external pressures with battlefield information, 44–47, 44f

computational analysis of archival data, 183–184, 185–190

defined, 21, 31

Korean War (1950–53), 163, 172, 183–184, 185–190

predicted negotiation behavior, 44f

Sisco, Joseph, 103, 107

Skouloudis, Stefanos, 99

Solano López, Francisco, 27

Somme, battle of the, 69

South Korea. See also Korean War (1950–53)

nuclear issues and, 208

Soviet Council of Ministers, 59, 175

Soviet Union. See also Korean War (1950–53)

alliances, 79

Cold War arms reductions negotiations, 34

Crimean War (1853–56), 10

Madrid Conference, 36

Russo-Finnish War (1939–40), 55

Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), 1–2, 3, 5, 12, 45, 57

Russo-Polish War (1919–20), 32–33

Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), 95

Russo-Ukraine war begun in 2022, 199–200, 212–213

Second Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), 29–30, 66

Syrian civil war, mediation of peace talks, 41

Treaty of Portsmouth, 1–2, 12, 45, 57

World War I, effects of, 143

World War II, 65

Spain, Cenepa Valley War (1995), 129

Sparta, 46

Stalemate, mutually hurting, 50

Stalin, Joseph, 65, 168, 174, 175, 178, 191

Stalling for Time (Noesner), 34

Stalling tactics. See Insincerity in negotiations

Star Trek: Voyager (television series), 20

Statistical analysis, 53–71. See also Coefficient plots

archival documents, 163, 179–190. See also Computational analysis of archival data of Korean War

battle data, 62–70. See also Battle data

battlefield, influenced by negotiation, 113–138. See also Battlefield operations influenced by negotiation

negotiation data, 54–61. See also Negotiation data

1945, as turning point in third-party interventions, 72–76

1972, as inflection point in third-party interventions, 75

tests of, 75–76

Statistical success of negotiations, 197

Strategic objectives, battle data, 63–64

Structural break test, statistical validation, 75

Sudan, 205

Suez Crisis (1956), 211

Supervised learning method, 163, 186, 187, 190

Syria, 205. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

civil war, 36, 37–38, 40–41

Constitutional Committee, 41

Madrid Conference, 36

taksim (“division”), 101

Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, 203

Tanzania, Ugandan-Tanzanian War (1979), 58f

Taylor, Maxwell, 28–29

“Terminal” state, modeling wartime negotiations, 77

Termination of hostilities. See also Negotiated settlement; Victory/defeat

hazard models of, 87f

modeling wartime negotiations, 77, 77f, 88, 90, 94, 223n. 37

states and transitions of war, 77f

Terminology, computational analysis of archival data, 180, 180t, 185

Terrorist attacks, 144

Thatcher, Margaret, 40, 89, 199–200

Theory of wartime negotiations, 3, 11–13, 20–52

assessment of, 52

avoiding negotiations, 26–31

benefits, 21

costs, 21

defining negotiations, 22–26, 33

direct negotiations, 22

information from battlefield, 21. See also Battle data; Battlefield information

insincerity in negotiations, 21, 33–38. See also Insincerity in negotiations

mediated negotiations, 22. See also Third parties

persistence in negotiations, 31–38

proposals during negotiations, 22

rationale for negotiation, 38–47

sincerity in negotiations, 21, 31–33. See also Sincerity in negotiations

third-parties, effects of, 21. See also Third parties

views of diplomacy, 20–21

Third Central American War (1906), 57, 58f

Third parties, 34–38. See also Mediation and mediated negotiations; Shuttle diplomacy; specific conflicts by name

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 159–161

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 128–138

deflection of pressure and blame, 35–36

effects of, 21

Korean War (1950–53), 168, 169, 170

latent external pressures, 39–42, 61. See also Latent external pressures

negotiation data for third-party initiatives, 56–57

1945 as turning point in third-party interventions, 72–76

Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), 1

Thirty-eighth parallel. See Korean War (1950–53)

Thucydides, 46

Timing

assumptions in current knowledge of war, 7–8

battle data, 65–66

modeling wartime negotiations, 79–80

negotiation data, 56, 59, 60t, 61f

relative timing of negotiations, 4f

stalling tactics. See Insincerity in negotiations

Tiwinza. See Cenepa Valley War (1995)

Tokyo, post-war trials, 74

Toyota War (1986–87), 40, 66

Transitions between states, modeling wartime negotiations, 77, 83t, 84

Treaty of Constantinople, 98

Treaty of Guarantee, 1960, 101, 102, 103

Treaty of Peace and Alliance, 126

Treaty of Portsmouth, 1–2, 12, 45, 57

Treaty of San Stefano, 30

Trends in negotiations. See also Battlefield operations influenced by negotiation

modeling wartime negotiations, 85, 86f

Truman, Harry, Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 144, 151

Trump, Donald, 207–208

Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, 135

Turco-Cypriot War (1974), 17, 49

case study, 100–109, 110

insincerity in negotiations, 106–109

latent external pressures, 103–109

Turkey. See also Ottoman Empire; Turco-Cypriot War (1974)

1960 Treaty of Guarantee, 101

Greco-Turkish War (1897), 65, 95–100, 110

Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), 29–30, 66, 95

Syrian civil war, mediation of peace talks, 41

Ugandan-Tanzanian War (1979), 58f, 59–60

Ukraine, Russo-Ukraine war begun in 2022, 199–200, 212–213

United Kingdom

1960 Treaty of Guarantee, 101

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 142–144

Falklands War (1982), 2–3, 5, 13, 40, 55–57, 89, 199

Palestine, British involvement, 143, 144

public perceptions of negotiations, 30–31

Turco-Cypriot War (1974), 49, 101, 106

World War I, 69

United Nations

Bosnian War (1992–95), 15

ceasefire committee, Korean War (1950–53), 168

Cenepa Valley War (1995), involvement in, 132

charter of, 74–75

creation of, 39

Falklands War (1982), 2–3

Framework Convention on Climate Change, 208–209

mediation, 141–142. See also Arab-Israeli War (1948–49)

Syrian civil war, mediation of peace talks, 36, 40–41

United Nations Command (UNC). See Korean War (1950–53)

United Nations General Assembly

Resolution 181 (II), 144, 151

Resolution 498, 169

United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), 101–102

United Nations Refugee Convention (1951), 212

United Nations Security Council

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 132

Iranian nuclear ambitions and, 20

major powers of, 89

Resolution 50, 149, 151

Resolution 53, 152

Resolution 54, 153, 154

Resolution 61, 156

Resolution 62, 35–36, 156

Resolution 353, 103, 105

Resolution 355, 108

Resolution 360, 105

Resolution 2254, 41

United States. See also Korean War (1950–53)

alliances, 79

Arab-Israeli wars, 144, 151, 158, 160–161

Cenepa Valley War (1995), 129, 137

Cold War arms reductions negotiations, 34

Madrid Conference, 36

nuclear diplomacy efforts, 207–208

Palestine, weapon sales embargo, 151

Third Central American War (1906), 57

Turco-Cypriot War (1974), 49, 103–106

Vietnam War (1965–75), 64

Unit of analysis in computational analysis of archival data, 189–190

Uruguay, López or Paraguayan War (1864–70), 27

Ury, William, 9, 24

Validation of data measurements in computational analysis of archival data, 187–189

Van Fleet, James, 173

Vassos, Timoleon (Greek Colonel), 96

Vatcher, William, 177–178

Velasco Ibarra, José María, 130

Victory/defeat

distinction from negotiated settlement, 77f, 222n. 15

states and transitions of war, 77f, 81f, 82f, 84

Vienna summit, 28

Viet Cong, 28, 64

Vietnam War (1965–75), 54

avoidance of negotiations, 27, 28–29

Communist diplomacy during, 204

1972, as inflection point in third-party interventions, 75

Walter, Barbara, 205

War of the Roman Republic (1849), 18, 122–128, 139

ceasefire, 125

higher ground advantage, 124–126, 139

map, 123f

War of the Triple Alliance (1864–70), 27

Warsaw Pact, 34

Watson, Alexander, 136

Weakness, perceptions of, 9, 12, 21, 27–30, 41–43, 167–169, 200, 201, 205

Weaponry. See also Nuclear weapons

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), 151

effect on attitudes toward war, 74

Weisiger, Alex, 62

Wilhelm II, German Emperor, 97

Wilson, Harold, 102

Witte, Sergei, 1

Wolf of Wall Street (film), 28

World War I

after effects of, 143

battle data, 64, 69, 70f

changes in attitudes toward war following, 74

measures of battlefield activity, 69, 70f

Palestine after, 143

public perceptions of negotiations, 30, 49

trench warfare, 69

World War II. See also Post–1945 world

Arab-Israeli War (1948–49), veterans involved in, 151

battle data, 62–63, 65

changes in attitudes toward war following, 74

Israel, establishment of, 143–144

public perceptions of negotiations, 30–31

shifts in international system following, 72–76

Wotton, Henry, 204

Wounded in action (WIA) numbers, 181–182

Wuolijoki, Hella, 55

XYZ meetings, 54

Yadin, Yigal, 147–148, 154

Yemen, Saudi-Yemeni War (1934), 67, 113–114

Yishuv, 143, 144, 147, 151

Young, Kenneth, 204

Zartman, I. William, 8, 50–52, 202

Zelenskyy, Volodymyr, 199–200, 212

Zhou Enlai, 168, 170, 171, 194

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