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Neutrality plays a vital role in international relations but is under-examined, new research reveals

Dr David Decker is a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Business School, part of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Decker is an expert in social network theory, a science that combines mathematics and sociology. Credit: Heriot-Watt University Researchers have developed a new way of understanding international relations by analyzing nearly 200 years of alliances, hostilities, and neutrality between states. A research…