Treaty nesting is a term coined by John P. Willerton, Gary Goertz, and Michael Slobodchikoff to describe when previous treaties are explicitly referenced in a treaty.[1][2][3][4] This is important because it challenges traditional views that each treaty is a separate agreement. In fact, treaties are linked together through treaty nesting. In using network analysis, it is possible to visualize how each of the treaties is tied to previous treaties as well as determine which treaties are most important to a relationship because they are most central. Using network analysis provides a way of measuring the effectiveness of a bilateral or multilateral relationship, or even the structure of the relationship, often referred to as a treaty network.[5][6] Slobodchikoff has also argued that the more nesting there is in a relationship, the less likely there is to be armed conflict between two countries[1] and also determined a state’s preference for maintaining or revising the global order.[7][8]

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  1. ^ a b Slobodchikoff, Michael O. (2013-04-18). Strategic Cooperation: Overcoming the Barriers of Global Anarchy. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-7881-2.
  2. ^ Slobodchikoff, Michael O. (2014-10-24). Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way: Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-8577-3.
  3. ^ Willerton, John P.; Goertz, Gary; Slobodchikoff, Michael O. (March 2015). "Mistrust and hegemony: Regional institutional design, the FSU-CIS, and Russia". International Area Studies Review. 18 (1): 26–52. doi:10.1177/2233865914562256. ISSN 2233-8659.
  4. ^ Willerton, John P; Slobodchikoff, Michael O; Goertz, Gary (March 2012). "Treaty networks, nesting, and interstate cooperation: Russia, the FSU, and the CIS". International Area Studies Review. 15 (1): 59–82. doi:10.1177/2233865912437121. ISSN 2233-8659.
  5. ^ Ambrosio, Thomas (2017-01-02). "The Architecture of Alignment: The Russia–China Relationship and International Agreements". Europe-Asia Studies. 69 (1): 110–156. doi:10.1080/09668136.2016.1273318. ISSN 0966-8136.
  6. ^ Ambrosio, Thomas; Lange, William A. (September 2016). "The architecture of annexation? Russia's bilateral agreements with South Ossetia and Abkhazia". Nationalities Papers. 44 (5): 673–693. doi:10.1080/00905992.2016.1203300. ISSN 0090-5992.
  7. ^ Slobodchikoff, Michael O. (2017-01-11). "Challenging US Hegemony: The Ukrainian Crisis and Russian Regional Order". The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review. 44 (1): 76–95. doi:10.1163/18763324-04401006. ISSN 1876-3324.
  8. ^ Slobodchikoff, Michael; Tandon, Aakriti A. (2022-12-13). India as Kingmaker: Status Quo Or Revisionist Power. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-05566-1.