The International System: "At the Edge of Chaos"
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
2014-09-25 v2 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
The assumption that complex systems function optimally at the edge of chaos seems applicable to the international system as well. In this paper I argue that the normal chaotic war dynamic of the European international system (1495-1945) was temporarily (1657-1763) interrupted by a more simplified dynamic, resulting in more intense Great Power wars and in a delay of the reorganization of the international system in the 18th century.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nlin/0611062,
title = {The International System: "At the Edge of Chaos"},
author = {Ingo Piepers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0611062},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Withdrawn. New framework developed in "War: Origins and Effects" arXiv:1409.6163