Théorie réaliste de l’intégration européenne : les conditions de la transformation d'un système international en système interne
Journal: SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository
Year: 2013

This thesis proposes a theoretical framework able to account for the transition from an international system to a domestic one. It relies on empirical studies from the history of European integration. Its model is based on two principal factors: the offense-defense balance and the degree of interdependence among actor When offense has the advantage, incentives drive the actors to solve their interdependence problems by usin violence because it is quite effective. It is only when defense has the