Network Analysis: What it is, what it isnt, and how you do it. Alexander H. Montgomery Reed College

Network Analysis (NA) What is (and is not) NA in IR How to do NA (in three parts) NA: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Questions

What is (and is not) NA in IR Networks in IR (not NA) –TANs, CTAs, Networked Governance –Hierarchies/Networks/Mark ets Networks as Relational Structures (NA) –Individualist Explanations –Holist Explanations –Relationalist Explanations A>B I am A, so I do B. HOLIST STRUCTURE RELATIONS

How to do Network Analysis (1) 1. Define your networks –Ties –Nodes 2a. Theorize network dynamics –Tie-based Structural Balance Structural Equivalence Preferred Attachment –Node-based Homophily Heterophily Pakistan USA France 4 China Iran 1 N.Korea 1 1 2

How to do Network Analysis (2) 2b. Theorize network effects –Individual/Interaction Level: Social Capital/Power Access Brokerage Exit –Group Level: Conflict and Cooperation –Network Level: Efficiency and Robustness USA France 4 China Iran 1 N.Korea 1 1 2

How to do Network Analysis (3) 3. Measure and analyze –Conceptual –Graphs

How to do Network Analysis (3) 3. Measure and analyze –Conceptual –Graphs –Calculate Quantities –Regression

NA: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Explicit –Trade ( ) –Diplomatic Relations ( ) Affiliation –IGOs ( ) –Alliances ( ) Implicit –Democracy, Religion, Ethnicity, etc. Interactions –MIDs, War, etc. (Lewer and Van den Berg 2007) (Ward and Hoff 2007) (Maoz 2006)

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