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Perception and misperception in international politics: Robert Jervis (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976 445 pages $25.00 (cloth); $11.50 (paper)
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This article is published in International Journal of Intercultural Relations.The article was published on 1979-03-01. It has received 37 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: International relations.read more
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Making EU foreign policy towards a 'Pariah' state : consensus on sanctions in EU foreign policy towards Myanmar
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate why the European Union ratcheted up restrictive measures on Myanmar from 1991 until 2010, despite divergent interests of EU member states and the apparent inability of sanctions to quickly achieve the primary objectives of EU policy.
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Nationalism and Power Politics in Japan's Relations with China: A Neoclassical Realist Interpretation
TL;DR: This article explored the role of nationalism in shaping Japan's relations with China and concluded that nationalism is an important, but not necessarily the primary driver of Japan's China policy, but it is dependent on state-elites' perception/calculation of the conditions related to its interactions with other external-domestic dynamics that concurrently influence foreign policy-making.
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The political economy of Syrian foreign policy 1949-1963
Abstract: This study examines Syria’s foreign policy in the post-colonial period and presents Syria as a state that exhibited the basic characteristics of the states of the global South that came to independent statehood burdened with varying degrees of underdevelopment, vulnerability, dependence and permeability. It is contended that foreign policy in a country like Syria was bound to be preoccupied with the task of overcoming these debilitating conditions or making them manageable. A political economy approach in which socio-economic needs of the country are taken as a source of foreign policy and the acquisition of foreign economic resources as a major foreign policy objective is adopted as a point of departure in this study. While Syria is presented as part of the global South, it is recognised that Syria has a shared Arab identity with the other Arab states of the Middle East. Therefore this study also draws on Constructivist insights on the impact of shared-identities on state behaviour. Moreover, as it is recognised that policy makers have multiple objectives that may reinforce or undermine one another, two other major objectives are considered alongside mobilisation of resources for economic development. These are the goals of independence/autonomy and leadership maintenance/regime consolidation. This study contends that the interaction of these three objectives as a complex process that involves trade offs and changing priorities is worth pursuing because it provides fundamental insights into a polity’s foreign policy and contributes to its understanding. This study also makes a case for and provides empirical evidence that reflects the interconnectedness of ‘considerations of plenty’ and ‘considerations of power’; the overlapping of domestic politics and foreign policy; and the contextual nature of the separation of issues of ‘high’ and ‘low’ politics. With its emphasis on the quest for resources to foster economic development, this study makes a contribution to the study of foreign policy and enhances our understanding of the processes of state formation and regime consolidation.
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The Brazilian Rise and the Elusive South American Balance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the main question related to South American unipolarity (1985-2014): Why have most countries in the region not implemented any consistent balancing or bandwagoning strategies vis-a-vis Brazil? Drawing on neoclassical realism, they propose that certain domestic variables such as government instability, limited party-system institutionalization, and powerful presidents have diverted the attention of political elites and foreign policy executives from the challenges generated by a rising Brazil.
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Making EU foreign policy towards a 'Pariah' state : consensus on sanctions in EU foreign policy towards Myanmar
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate why the European Union ratcheted up restrictive measures on Myanmar from 1991 until 2010, despite divergent interests of EU member states and the apparent inability of sanctions to quickly achieve the primary objectives of EU policy.
Book
Nationalism and Power Politics in Japan's Relations with China: A Neoclassical Realist Interpretation
TL;DR: This article explored the role of nationalism in shaping Japan's relations with China and concluded that nationalism is an important, but not necessarily the primary driver of Japan's China policy, but it is dependent on state-elites' perception/calculation of the conditions related to its interactions with other external-domestic dynamics that concurrently influence foreign policy-making.
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The political economy of Syrian foreign policy 1949-1963
Abstract: This study examines Syria’s foreign policy in the post-colonial period and presents Syria as a state that exhibited the basic characteristics of the states of the global South that came to independent statehood burdened with varying degrees of underdevelopment, vulnerability, dependence and permeability. It is contended that foreign policy in a country like Syria was bound to be preoccupied with the task of overcoming these debilitating conditions or making them manageable. A political economy approach in which socio-economic needs of the country are taken as a source of foreign policy and the acquisition of foreign economic resources as a major foreign policy objective is adopted as a point of departure in this study. While Syria is presented as part of the global South, it is recognised that Syria has a shared Arab identity with the other Arab states of the Middle East. Therefore this study also draws on Constructivist insights on the impact of shared-identities on state behaviour. Moreover, as it is recognised that policy makers have multiple objectives that may reinforce or undermine one another, two other major objectives are considered alongside mobilisation of resources for economic development. These are the goals of independence/autonomy and leadership maintenance/regime consolidation. This study contends that the interaction of these three objectives as a complex process that involves trade offs and changing priorities is worth pursuing because it provides fundamental insights into a polity’s foreign policy and contributes to its understanding. This study also makes a case for and provides empirical evidence that reflects the interconnectedness of ‘considerations of plenty’ and ‘considerations of power’; the overlapping of domestic politics and foreign policy; and the contextual nature of the separation of issues of ‘high’ and ‘low’ politics. With its emphasis on the quest for resources to foster economic development, this study makes a contribution to the study of foreign policy and enhances our understanding of the processes of state formation and regime consolidation.
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The Brazilian Rise and the Elusive South American Balance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the main question related to South American unipolarity (1985-2014): Why have most countries in the region not implemented any consistent balancing or bandwagoning strategies vis-a-vis Brazil? Drawing on neoclassical realism, they propose that certain domestic variables such as government instability, limited party-system institutionalization, and powerful presidents have diverted the attention of political elites and foreign policy executives from the challenges generated by a rising Brazil.