1999/01/05 by Serge Galam, Galam, Serge · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Physical sciences #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Theoretical and Computational Physics #adap-org #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech #nlin.AO
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9901022
14 pages, latex, conference proceedings
arxiv created 1999/01/05 · openalex publication_date 1999/01/05 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this paper a simple model is proposed to decribe the spontaneous formation of coalitions among a group of actors like countries. The basic ingredients are from the physics of disorder systems. It is the interplay of two different spin glass models with respectively random bond and random site disorders which is instrumental in the present approach. The cold war stabilty period is then given an explanation as well the instabilities produced by the Warsow pact dissolution. European and Chinese stabilities are also discussed.