This article expands upon the traditional interstate rivalry concept by focusing on two conceptual dimensions of … interstate rivalry: issues and militarization. The first dimension captures the number of distinct issues that characterize a …-border rivers. The second dimension is very similar to the dispute density approach to rivalry, and captures the number of …

the relationships among strategic rivalry, unstable boundaries, democracy, and interstate conflict in a regional context …, we find that rivalry and unstable boundaries are alternative manifestations of external threat. Both have significant, if …

code dyadic peace in non-rivalry periods. We conclude with a pilot study of the scale, as applied to pairs of states over …

, some issues may be more intractable than others and therefore especially likely to prolong rivalry. In this study, I argue … particular political leaders, facilitating rivalry termination through leadership change. The empirical results reveal that …