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Autor:
Keller, Jonathan W, Dennis M. Foster
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The SHAFR Guide Online
Externí odkaz:
https://doi.org/10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_SIM290030046
Autor:
Dennis M. Foster, Jonathan W. Keller
Publikováno v:
International Interactions. 46:227-250
This paper develops expectations about the likelihood of diversionary conflict initiation by parliamentary democracies with single-party majoritarian (SPM) governments. While most of the literature...
Publikováno v:
Foreign Policy Analysis. 16:272-291
What explains a state's decision to intervene in ongoing interstate conflicts? Intervention is a risky proposition, potentially incurring audience costs if the effort is unsuccessful or if casualties and other costs mount. Various domestic political
Autor:
Dennis M. Foster, Jonathan W. Keller
Publikováno v:
Presidential Studies Quarterly. 46:808-827
Despite a great deal of empirical investigation in the last 30 years, little systematic support has been produced for the diversionary hypothesis, or the notion that national leaders facing domestic discontent seek to generate popular rallies by usin
Autor:
Dennis M. Foster
Publikováno v:
Journal of Conflict Resolution. 61:1371-1400
This article develops expectations about the use of military force by democracies facing domestic terrorism. Due to the necessity of balancing effective counterterrorism with liberal acceptability, domestic terrorism typically represents a significan
Autor:
Jonathan W. Keller, Dennis M. Foster
Publikováno v:
Foreign Policy Analysis. 10:205-223
Some scholars have suggested that when faced with domestic political problems, leaders employ simplified decision processes, preferring action to deliberation and highly visible diversionary uses of force to alternative policies. Others contend that
Publikováno v:
British Journal of Political Science. 43:541-557
Research on terrorism in democracies borrows from the literature on civil war and rebellion to argue that more proportional representation decreases the likelihood of terrorist violence. However, theories of broader social mobilization may be ill-sui
Publikováno v:
International Studies Quarterly. 56:149-162
The possession of nuclear weapons confers many benefits on a state. The path to proliferation, however, is often violent. When a state initiates a nuclear weapons program, it signals its intent to fundamentally alter its bargaining environment. State
Publikováno v:
International Interactions. 36:294-305
Benjamin Netanyahu's come-from-behind victory over Shimon Peres in the Israeli national elections of May 1996, following an apparent intensification of Palestinian terrorism over the course of that spring, reminded observers of the political ramifica
Autor:
Dennis M. Foster
Publikováno v:
Foreign Policy Analysis. 4:419-436
Recent research on strategic conflict avoidance and targeting in the American case shows that states avoid militarily challenging presidents whose domestic situations might be improved by diversionary conflict, and that congressional opposition to pr