Important Names & Examples Flashcards
Waltz
states are black boxes with preferences shaped by power distributions (neorealism)
Wundt
states are complex and have ideas/preferences that are shaped by culture, structure, and domestic actors
Mill
comparative method
—similar cases, different outcomes
—different cases, similar outcomes
Rosenau
actor-specific theory, devoid of general theory
foreign policy is shaped by internal and external factors
Snyder, Bruck, Sapin
looks below nation-state level of analysis to players involved
decision-making process provides way of organizing action determinants
decision-makers operate in dual-aspect setting; explains association between factors
George Modelski’s Theory
120 year cycle (global war, world power, delegitimization, deconcentration)
Example of changes in domestic approaches
UK parliament vote for intervention in Iraq 2003
UK parliament vote against intervention in Syria 2013
Example of an influential individual
Jake Sullivan
-Critical role in bilateral consultations with Iran in Geneva, repairing American relations with European and Middle Eastern allies
-Believes transnational threats could inflict significant costs on US leadership, more engaging US in world affairs
-Questions assumptions behind policies
Wang Huning
-Chairman of CPPCC
-source of Xi’s assertive foreign policy
-china’s reform should not be pursued at expense of stability and strength
-china should combine historical and modern values including marxist values
Alexander Dugan
-far right political philosopher “putin’s brain”
-disapproves of liberalism and western culture and values
-believes in rebirth of russia to challenge american influence
-advocates for anti-western russo-arab alliance
-assumed to be responsible for shaping russian foreign policy
Who idealized the concept of dual political games, and accommodation, mobilization, and insulation?
Joe Hagan
Who idealized international crises as a response to a dilemma posed by incentives to misrepresent information for better deals?
James Fearon
Who idealized the three types of domestic changes that influence foreign policy?
Owen et al
Margaret Hermann
Leadership orientations center around responsiveness to constraints as well as openness to information
Joe Hagan
Moderate, Pragmatic, Radical and Militant orientations
