A Dynamic View of the 20th Century International Treaty Network

MICHAEL J BOMMARITO II
PAUL D POAST
DANIEL M KATZ
DONN D GLADISH

SUNBELT 2010
JULY 3, 2010

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1. MICHAEL J BOMMARITO II PAUL D POAST DANIEL M KATZ DONN D GLADISH SUNBELT 2010 JULY 3, 2010 A Dynamic View of the 20th Century International Treaty Network
2. Networks in I.R. ⚫ Many types of state relationships ⚪ Trade flows ⚪ Trade/M.F.N. agreements ⚪ Alliance agreements ⚪ Multilateral agreements ⚪ Armed conflicts ⚪ Joint military operations ⚪ … ⚫ There are a number of other datasets that capture subsets or combinations of these relationships.
3. World Treaty Index Dataset ⚫ Our data is an extension of the World Treaty Index ⚪ Commonly referred to as WTI ⚪ Compiled by Peter Rohn over the course of his career ⚪ Published in two bound volumes by Hein ⚪ Previously hosted at University of Washington Library
4. World Treaty Index Dataset ⚫ 1st Digital Phase (Washington): ⚪ 240 unilateral “agreements” ⚪ 53,417 bilateral agreements ⚪ 790 multilateral relationships ⚫ 2nd Digital Phase (Michigan): ⚪ 42,197 bilateral agreements ⚪ 27,075 multilateral relationships
5. World Treaty Index Dataset ⚫ Treaty Types: ⚪ Alliance ⚪ Trade ⚪ Tax ⚪ Water ⚪ Education ⚪ … ⚫ Sources: ⚪ League of Nations Treaty Series (LTS) ⚪ United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) ⚪ All U.S. treaties ⚪ …
6. World Treaty Index Dataset ⚫ Shortcomings: ⚪ No data on treaty termination (yet) ⚪ No data on conflicts ⚪ No data on JMO ⚪ No data on trade flows
7. World Treaty Index Dataset
8. World Treaty Index Dataset http://worldtreatyindex.com/
9. World Treaty Index Dataset
10. Analysis Time Series of Treaty Formation per Year
11. Analysis NATO Warsaw Pact
12. Movie
13. Analysis Alliances, 1900-1945 Alliances, 1945-1980
14. Analysis Taxation, 1900-1945 Taxation, 1945-1980
15. Conclusions ⚫ 20th Century Agreement Network ⚪ Primarily driven by Cold War dynamics ⚪ Contrasting agreement topics can provide powerful information about relationship strength ⚫ WTI ⚪ Source of time-stamped, relational data on formal international agreements ⚪ Available online at http://worldtreatyindex.com/ ⚪ More data being added monthly
16. Feedback How can we improve WTI? (Don’t intend to replace COW)