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From Agents to Outcomes: Simulation in International Relations

Thomas B. Pepinsky

Yale University, USA

This article reviews the use of computational simulations that focus on emergence and complex adaptive systems to model international politics. Computer simulations offer the advantages of focusing on nonlinear interactive dynamics and enabling researchers to explore alternative specifications of a global system. However, current world politics simulations ignore the epistemological and ontological implications that simulation raises. This criticism of current simulations is explored alongside current theories and approaches to international relations in order to highlight inconsistencies in simulations’ modeling of political behavior. The article concludes with suggestions for the future development of simulation as a research agenda in world politics.

Key Words: epistemology • IR theory • realism • research design • simulations

European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 11, No. 3, 367-394 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1354066105055484
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