MajorAlly {NetworkChange}

Major Power Alliance Network (1816 - 2012)

Description

This dataframe contains major power alliance network data from 1816 to 2012 (2 year interval).

Format

The dataframe has contains data for major power alliance network data from 1816 to 2012. Major power definition is the COW data set, which incldues USA, UK, France, Germany (West Germany during 1954-1989), Austria, Italy, Russia, China, and Japan. In this data set, a defense pact (Type I), which is the highest level of military commitment, is coded as 1, and 0 otherwise.

Source

Correlates of War Project. 2017. "State System Membership List, v2016." Online, https://correlatesofwar.org/. Gibler, Douglas M. 2009. International military alliances, 1648-2008. CQ Press.