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research |
| DiCicco's research agenda (pdf) | |
| Recent publications | |
§ chapter in Progress in International Relations Theory (MIT Press) with Jack S. Levy |
§ Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion (Lexington) with Ed Rhodes, Sarah Milburn, and Tom Walker |
| § entry on disarmament and arms control in Americans at War (Macmillan) |
| "Shock and Thaw: War and Rapprochement in International Rivalries." Ph.D. dissertation. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2006. | |
| Abstract: My dissertation explores the effect of war on international rivalries -- particularly the role of war in rivalry termination. Under certain circumstances, wars can act as shocks that can dramatically affect the strategic environment, the domestic political climate within rival states, and the beliefs of government officials. In so doing, wars can open windows for rapprochement. I investigate this phenomenon empirically through a systematic analysis of the effect of war on interstate rivalries during the past 200 years, with special attention to rivalries involving Germany, the United States, and Argentina. | committee: Jack S. Levy (Chair) Edward Rhodes Jeffrey Ritter Paul Hensel |