It's hard to think of Israel without also remembering the country's long-standing
problems with its Arab neighbors. Similarly, India and Pakistan have long
been less than cordial to each other.
The concept of enduring rivalries and conflicts tantamount to militarized
competition between two states is rapidly emerging as a subject of
research in international relations. The nine contributors to The Dynamics
of Enduring Rivalries place the concept in its empirical and theoretical
context, exploring how such rivalries arise, what influences their development,
and when and how they may escalate to war.