Eleonora Mattiacci's book seeks to understand why interstate relationships are at times more volatile, exhibiting high levels of conflict and cooperation. She shows that increases in relative power and domestic political polarization jointly create volatility in relationships between rival or allied states. Her careful analyses of volatility in 36 interstate rivalries and France's withdrawal from NATO's integrated military command reveal important insights about
conflict dynamics and pathways that maintain peace.
Eleonora Mattiacci is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College, where she founded the IR Lab. She researches and publishes on international politics and focuses on the ways in which time and power shape actors' options on the international arena, particularly in the domain of conflict. Her research has been published on Perspective on Politics, International Studies Quarterly, and British Journal of
International Politics, among other outlets. She holds a PhD from The Ohio State University.