Dimensions of interaction, 1948-1973

Description

Data for this study consist of four data files which are event summaries derived from The Conflict and Peace Data Bank (COPDAB) Project. File 1 contains yearly summaries of events directed by one international actor toward another. There are both conflict and cooperation summaries, including the frequency of events, the mean intensity of events in a given year, and a measure of interaction, which combines frequency and intensity. Event summaries are included only for dyads with one of the following political entities as actor and target: Algeria, Canada, Cyprus, Federal Republic of Germany, German Democratic Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine Liberation Organization, People's Republic of China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, and USSR. The data are recorded for each dyad for each year, 1948-1973. There are 24,180 cases (31 actors by 30 targets by 26 years). The second file contains domestic event summaries for the same 31 political entities. The variables measure frequency, range, mean, intensity and dimension of interaction (frequency x intensity) for both conflictive and cooperative domestic events.