Scientific research in International Relations has produced a growing corpus of empirically grounded formal theoretical models of phenomena ranging from deterrence to systemic polarity, from conditions of peace to the onset of war. Many of these important theories contain a mix of continuous and discrete dimensions, causal variables, and parameters. Analysis and understanding of this fundamental and intriguing class of theories containing functions with a mix of continuous and discrete variables has puzzled generations of social scientists and applied mathematicians. This challenging and longstanding puzzle now has a solution. Here we demonstrate how the recently created calculus with nabladot operators is beginning to uncover previously unknown properties of hybrid international phenomena. Results include new concepts and precise principles on causal relationships, previously unknown political features, and fundamental properties of probabilistic causality, demonstrated through nabladot analysis of international events, crisis dynamics, and warfare.
George Mason University, United States - ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-9433
Chapter Title
Nabladot Analysis of Hybrid Theories in International Relations
Authors
Claudio Cioffi-Revilla
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-595-0.04
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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Book Title
Eirene e Atena
Book Subtitle
Studi di politica internazionale in onore di Umberto Gori
Editors
Fulvio Attinà, Luciano Bozzo, Marco Cesa, Sonia Lucarelli
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
208
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-595-0
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-594-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-595-0
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919