3 papers
cs.SI2022
National Power as Network Flow
Michael Poulshock
Political power in the international context can be characterized as a fluid-like substance that circulates through a network of nation states. States can possess it as a stock qua…
cs.SI2019
The Foundations of Political Realism
Michael Poulshock
Political realism aims to describe the interaction of agents involved in struggles for political power. This article formulates realism in terms of quantitative postulates that dep…
cs.SI2016
An Abstract Model of Historical Processes
Michael Poulshock
A theoretical model is presented which provides a way to simulate, at a very abstract level, power struggles in the social world. In the model, agents can benefit or harm each othe…