R. Harrison Wagner

Professor Wagner's research interests include international conflict, international political economy, the relations between domestic and international politics, and formal theories of foreign policy and international politics. In his most recent research he has used the theory of games to investigate various problems in the theory of international politics, including international cooperation, the balance of power, deterrence, crisis bargaining, the causes of war, and the use of economic sanctions.

His recent publications include: "Bargaining and War," American Journal of Political Science (2000); "Bargaining, War, and Alliances," Conflict Management and Peace Science (2004), and War and the State: The Theory of International Politics (2007, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press).