Browsing by Author "Cusack, Thomas R."

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    Adaptation, State Survival and System Endurance: A Simulation Study
    (Sage, 1990) Cusack, Thomas R.; Stoll, Richard J.
    This paper reports on a study using the EARTH (Exploring Alternative Realpolitik Theses) Simulation Model. The model is an abstract representation of an anarchic multistate system wherein states employ Realists' principles in guiding their choices on questions dealing with war and peace. The present study examines the systemic and state level consequences that arise in the presence or absence of the ability of states to adapt or change the fundamental decision rules that they employ.
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    Collective Security and State Survival in the Interstate System
    (Wiley, 1994-03) Cusack, Thomas R.; Stoll, Richard J.
    For hundreds of years realists have debated idealists about the nature of the interstate system and the most effective means to promote the endurance of the system and the survival of individual states. This paper uses a computer simulation called EARTH (Exploring Alternative Realpolitik Theses) to explore the viability of collective security in a realist world. The results of our experiments indicate that the practice of collective security promotes the endurance of the entire system. Our results also show that states that practice collective security principles are more likely to survive in a realist world than states that operate according to realist principles