Intro
Contents
1 The Significance of Regional Analyses
References
2 The Case for Comparative Regional Analysis in International Politics
2.1 A Brief Look at the Literature
2.1.1 Where to From Here?
2.2 Delineating Regions
2.3 A Theoretical Framework
2.4 A Theoretical Bet
2.4.1 A Short Propositional Inventory
2.4.2 How Competitive is the Power Environment?
2.4.3 How Extensive are the Fault Lines to be Managed?
2.4.4 When are Regional Powers Capable and Willing to Create Regional Order?
2.5 Conclusion

Appendix 1: List of Regional Categories Used in Quantitative Studies of Conflict and Cooperation
Appendix 2: States, Regions, and Border States, 2001-2010
Appendix 3: Changes in European Regions, Shown by Decades, 1950-1980
References
3 Borders, Rivalry, Democracy, and Conflict in the European Region, 1816-1994
3.1 The Gibler Argument
3.2 Threat, Democracy, and Conflict
3.3 Methodology
3.4 Results
3.5 Conclusion
References
4 In Search of Super Asia
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Whither Super Asia?
4.3 British India, Qing China, and Strategic Asia

4.4 Rise of Japan and World War II
4.5 Evaluating Region-ness in the Post-World War II Era
4.6 The Early Cold War
4.7 Regional Fragmentation and the Cold War
4.8 Re-emergence of Super Asia Following the Cold War
4.9 Conclusions: Looking Forward
References
5 Is There a Central Asia and Does It Matter?
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Background on Regional Subsystems
5.3 Structural Approaches
5.4 Research Design and State Visits Data
5.4.1 Data Restrictions
5.5 Empirical Findings and Analysis
5.5.1 Highly Interactive Subsystem (Model I)

5.5.2 Fragmented Regional Subsystem (Model II)
5.5.3 Russia-centered Subsystem (Model III)
5.6 Concluding Thoughts
References
6 The Strength of Nations: Constrained Indicators and the Salience of Asymmetry in Conflict Relationships
6.1 Introduction
6.2 State Capabilities and State Strength
6.3 Comparing Indicators
6.4 In Search of a Proxy for Government Effectiveness and Control of Corruption
6.5 Do These Modifications Matter? Does Quality of Governance Matter?
6.6 Conclusion

Appendix A: Comparison of Unmodified and Two Modified Indicators of State Strength, Saudi-Iranian Dyad
Appendix B: Comparison of Unconstrained and Constrained Military Expenditure Variables for Predicting MID initiation, Logit Regressions, Using SIPRI as Military Expenditure Source
References
7 Differences in Strength Across Regions
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Measuring Regional Strength
7.2.1 Economic Strength
7.2.2 Military Strength
7.3 Regional Strength Implications
7.3.1 Regional Order Construction
7.3.2 Regional Strength And Regional Penetration