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Author : Robert L. Rothstein,Columbia University. Institute of War and Peace Studies
Publisher : New York : Columbia University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Alliances
ISBN : 0231031130
Author : Robert Lewis Rothstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:460184562
Author : Erich Reiter,Heinz Gärtner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001-07-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3790814032
The book focuses on the relations between small states and alliances. It is on why, how and under what conditions states engage in alliances. What are the benefits and costs of alliances? How are the benefits and costs of alliances allocated among their members? What determines who allies with whom? Can small states still pursue their own security interests within an alliance? Can they even become integral part of an alliance? Scholars, practitioners, policy-makers and advisors from several countries discuss these issues. They address historical, empirical and theoretical topics and give policy recommendations.
Author : Omer de Raeymaeker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015001695488
Author : Julian R. Friedman,Christopher Bladen,Steven J. Rosen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Alliances
ISBN : UOM:39015010305905
Author : George Liska
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015001679813
Essay on the theoretical aspects of international relations, with particular reference to the dynamics of alliances and treatys between developed countries and developing countries - covers political aspects and economic implications, and the influence thereof on foreign policy, diplomacy and the balance of power. References.
Author : Michael I. Handel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0714640735
This work defines weak states and their strengths and weaknesses. It examines why they are weak and their position in different international systems as well as their economic positions.
Author : Dan Reiter
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0801431883
Reiter addresses a striking empirical puzzle: Why, in this century, have some small powers chosen to enter alliances when faced with international instability whereas others have stayed neutral? Specifically, why did Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway join NATO, while Sweden, Switzerland, and Ireland did not? Employing quantitative and case study methods, Reiter finds that peacetime decisions about alliance and neutrality stem from states' experiences during world wars. Tested against balance-of-threat theory, the leading realist explanation of alliance behavior, Reiter's formative-events model of learning emerges as a far better predictor of states' decisions. Crucible of Beliefs' findings show that, contrary to balance-of-threat theory, state leaders ignore the level of international threat and focus instead on avoiding past mistakes and repeating past successes. A serious blow to realism, these findings demonstrate that to understand the dynamics of world politics, it is essential to know how leaders learn from history.
Author : Christine Ingebritsen,Iver Neumann,Sieglinde Gsthl
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295802107
Smaller nations have a special place in the international system, with a striking capacity to defy the expectations of most observers and many prominent theories of international relations. This volume of classic essays highlights the ability of small states to counter power with superior commitment, to rely on tightly knit domestic institutions with a shared "ideology of social partnership," and to set agendas as "norm entrepreneurs." The volume is organized around themes such as how and why small states defy expectations of realist approaches to the study of power; the agenda-setting capacity of smaller powers in international society and in regional governance structures such as the European Union; and how small states and representatives from these societies play the role of norm entrepreneurs in world politics -- from the promotion of sustainable solutions to innovative humanitarian programs and policies..
Author : Fotini Christia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139851756
Some of the most brutal and long-lasting civil wars of our time involve the rapid formation and disintegration of alliances among warring groups, as well as fractionalization within them. It would be natural to suppose that warring groups form alliances based on shared identity considerations - such as Christian groups allying with Christian groups - but this is not what we see. Two groups that identify themselves as bitter foes one day, on the basis of some identity narrative, might be allies the next day and vice versa. Nor is any group, however homogeneous, safe from internal fractionalization. Rather, looking closely at the civil wars in Afghanistan and Bosnia and testing against the broader universe of fifty-three cases of multiparty civil wars, Fotini Christia finds that the relative power distribution between and within various warring groups is the primary driving force behind alliance formation, alliance changes, group splits and internal group takeovers.
Author : Erich Reiter,Heinz Gärtner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783662130001
The book focuses on the relations between small states and alliances. It is on why, how and under what conditions states engage in alliances. What are the benefits and costs of alliances? How are the benefits and costs of alliances allocated among their members? What determines who allies with whom? Can small states still pursue their own security interests within an alliance? Can they even become integral part of an alliance? Scholars, practitioners, policy-makers and advisors from several countries discuss these issues. They address historical, empirical and theoretical topics and give policy recommendations.
Author : Herman Amersfoort,Wim Klinkert
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004203211
In the period 1900-1940 the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland reacted in divergent ways to the same foreign military threats. This volume argues that their internal politics and politico-military strategic culture are vital keys to understanding those differences.
Author : Iain D. Henry
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501763069
In Reliability and Alliance Interdependence, Iain D. Henry argues for a more sophisticated approach to alliance politics and ideas of interdependence. It is often assumed that if the United States failed to defend an ally, then this disloyalty would instantly and irrevocably damage US alliances across the globe. Henry proposes that such damage is by no means inevitable and that predictions of disaster are dangerously simplistic. If other allies fear the risks of military escalation more than the consequences of the United States abandoning an ally, then they will welcome, encourage, and even praise such an instance of disloyalty. It is also often assumed that alliance interdependence only constrains US policy options, but Henry shows how the United States can manipulate interdependence to set an example of what constitutes acceptable allied behavior. Using declassified documents, Henry explores five case studies involving US alliances with South Korea, Japan, the Republic of China, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand. Reliability and Alliance Interdependence makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of how America's alliances in Asia function as an interdependent system.
Author : Jeanne A. K. Hey
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1555879438
Offering empirical richness within a consistent theoretical framework, this work provides a comprehensive examination of small state foreign policy.
Author : Jeremy Pressman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801467127
Allied nations often stop each other from going to war. Some countries even form alliances with the specific intent of restraining another power and thereby preventing war. Furthermore, restraint often becomes an issue in existing alliances as one ally wants to start a war, launch a military intervention, or pursue some other risky military policy while the other ally balks. In Warring Friends, Jeremy Pressman draws on and critiques realist, normative, and institutionalist understandings of how alliance decisions are made. Alliance restraint often has a role to play both in the genesis of alliances and in their continuation. As this book demonstrates, an external power can apply the brakes to an incipient conflict, and even unheeded advice can aid in clarifying national goals. The power differentials between allies in these partnerships are influenced by leadership unity, deception, policy substitutes, and national security priorities. Recent controversy over the complicated relationship between the U.S. and Israeli governments—especially in regard to military and security concerns—is a reminder that the alliance has never been easy or straightforward. Pressman highlights multiple episodes during which the United States attempted to restrain Israel's military policies: Israeli nuclear proliferation during the Kennedy Administration; the 1967 Arab-Israeli War; preventing an Israeli preemptive attack in 1973; a small Israeli operation in Lebanon in 1977; the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982; and Israeli action during the Gulf War of 1991. As Pressman shows, U.S. initiatives were successful only in 1973, 1977, and 1991, and tensions have flared up again recently as a result of Israeli arms sales to China. Pressman also illuminates aspects of the Anglo-American special relationship as revealed in several cases: British nonintervention in Iran in 1951; U.S. nonintervention in Indochina in 1954; U.S. commitments to Taiwan that Britain opposed, 1954-1955; and British intervention and then withdrawal during the Suez War of 1956. These historical examples go far to explain the context within which the Blair administration failed to prevent the U.S. government from pursuing war in Iraq at a time of unprecedented American power.
