Hegemony, Force Posture, and the Provision of Public Goods: The Once and Future Role of Outside Powers in Securing Persian Gulf Oil

Rovner, Joshua; Talmadge, Caitlin

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“…In contrast, force posture, especially the nature and size of forward military deployments, can be a better indicator of a state's commitment to a region's stability. Rovner and Talmadge (2014) also make a similar argument, "Promises not backed by capable military forces are inherently incredible; states may view them as evidence of wishful thinking or cheap talk. On the other hand, a sufficient military presence can guarantee public goods even if official policy statements are tepid or unclear" (2014, 549) In fact, by forward deploying military assets and personnel, national leaders signal that they are ready to risk costly national resources, other than political credibility, to enforce their foreign policies.…”

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Debating US Military Strategy in the Persian Gulf: What is the Way Forward?

Lilli

2018

Rev. bras. polít. int.

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“…To study US force posture in the Gulf, I apply a revised version of Rovner and Talmadge's typology of force posture options (Rovner and Talmadge 2014). The first option is called "light presence".…”

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Debating US Military Strategy in the Persian Gulf: What is the Way Forward?

Lilli

2018

Rev. bras. polít. int.

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“…Oil has been long regarded as a strategic commodity: it is indispensable in running an industrialized economy and modern military, and has few substitutes in the short run. The uniqueness of oil as a resource naturally has created strategic interests among great powers, which in turn responded with varying levels of military readiness (Rovner and Talmadge, 2014). Their crucial dependence on oil recently drew scholars to the oil-induced moral hazard problem (de Soysa et al 2009), but the cause of great powers' inability to restrain petrostates' revisionist policies remains unspecified.…”

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Gas on the Fire: Great Power Alliances and Petrostate Aggression

Kim

Woods

2016

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What causes petro-aggression? Conventional wisdom maintains that the regime type of petrostates has significant effects on a likelihood of petrostates launching revisionist MIDs While domestic politics is an important factor that explains the motivation and behavioral patterns of a petrostate, it says little about the international environment under which a petrostate decides to initiate conflicts. Petro-aggression does not take place devoid of concerns for the possible international backlash that its aggression could inflict on itself. One significant factor that presents opportunities and constraints for petro-aggression is a great power alliance. In essence, the great power has strong incentives not to upset the relationship with its client petrostate ally for both strategic and economic reasons, and hence tends not to oppose military adventurism by its ally. Consequently, the petrostate's anticipation of great power inaction or even protection for its revisionist policy creates a moral hazard problem. Overall, by offering favorable circumstances, a great power alliance has a positive effect on petro-aggression. Although not without caveats, our large-n model and case study bear out this conclusion.

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“…Ahora bien, no hay que confundir hegemonía con imperio-mundo: la aspiración del hegemón no es la de avanzar hacia la dominación económico-militar del mundo (Chase-Dunn 1981, Thompson 1983, Byoung 2003, 30, Wallerstein 2000, sino la de ejercer funciones de regulación y orden en un sistema de Estados soberanos. De esta forma, el hegemón es el actor más decisivo para la gobernanza del sistema pues asume roles específicos en la armonización de las relaciones entre Estados (Ikenberry 2004, Byoung 2003, la provisión de bienes colectivos (Rovner y Talmadge 2014, Benvenisti 2004, Bussmann y Oneal 2007, la promoción u obstaculización de acuerdos en temas de la agenda internacional (Falkner 2005) y la creación de normas y regímenes internacionales (Keohane 1988, Haggard y Simmons 1987, 500-504, Krisch 2005, Szayna, y otros 2001, 46-47, Rodrigo 2007. Si bien son fundamentales los roles del hegemón para reducir la probabilidad de conflicto (Organski y Kugler 1980, 13-63, Kim 1992, Boswell y Sweat 1991, 124, Bussmann y Oneal 2007, la interrogante es, ¿qué orienta la política internacional de un Estado hegemónico?…”

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Ciclos políticos hegemónicos: implicaciones para la gobernanza internacional

Ruvalcaba

2018

Br. Jor. Int. Rel.

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Resumen: El hegemón es un actor fundamental en la gobernanza internacional. No obstante, mientras que el comercio, poder y guerra han sido temas ampliamente abordados desde los estudios sobre hegemonía en las Relaciones Internacionales, se ha avanzado poco en análisis de las ideas que orientan el comportamiento del hegemón. La hipótesis aquí planteada es que las hegemonías recorren a lo largo de su existencia cinco fases (emergencia, despliegue, apogeo, declive y extinción) y, durante cada una de ellas, el Estado hegemónico asume ideologías específicas que orientan su comportamiento internacional, lo cual se traduce en la promoción de ciertas políticas internacionales, así como de alianzas y organizaciones internacionales con vocaciones específicas. Sin embargo, en la medida que evoluciona su poder nacional y el hegemón transita de una fase a otra, éste tiende a cambiar ideológicamente, abandonando ideas previas y asumiendo otras nuevas. Si bien dicha transición ideológica es pragmática -en función de las necesidades de su poder nacional-este cambio resulta discordante y criticable por otros actores del sistema. Este documento se compone de dos grandes partes: en la primera se establecen las cinco fases de un ciclo hegemónico y, luego, se exponen las ideologías que orientan el comportamiento del Estado hegemónico en ellas; la segunda parte se orienta a comprobar empíricamente las transiciones ideológicas durante las hegemonías neerlandesa, británica y estadounidense.Palabras clave: Hegemonía, ciclos políticos hegemónicos, ideología, poder nacional, interregno hegemónico. HEGEMONIC POLITICAL CYCLES: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE Abstract:The hegemon is a fundamental actor in international governance. However, while trade, power and war have been topics widely discussed from studies on hegemony in International Relations, little progress has been made in analyzing the ideas that guide the behavior of the hegemon. The hypothesis proposed here is that the hegemonies pass through 1 Doctor en Ciencias Sociales por la Universidad de Guadalajara (México). Research Fellow en el Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de la Sun Yat-sen University (China) y miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (México). ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4304-3831. Contacto: demgdl@gmail.com. Daniel Morales RuvalcabaBJIR, Marília, v. 7, n. 3, p. 452-493, set./dez. 2018. five phases during their existence (emergence, deployment, apogee, decline and extinction) and, during each of them, the hegemonic State assumes specific ideologies that guide its international behavior. However, as the national power evolves, and the hegemon moves from one phase to another, it tends to change ideologically, abandoning previous ideas and assuming new ones. Although this ideological transition is pragmatic -depending on the power needs of the hegemon-this change results discordant and is criticized by other actors in the system. To demonstrate this, the following document is composed of two major parts: the first presents the five phases of a hegemonic cyc...

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Hegemony, Force Posture, and the Provision of Public Goods: The Once and Future Role of Outside Powers in Securing Persian Gulf Oil

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Debating US Military Strategy in the Persian Gulf: What is the Way Forward?

Debating US Military Strategy in the Persian Gulf: What is the Way Forward?

Gas on the Fire: Great Power Alliances and Petrostate Aggression

Ciclos políticos hegemónicos: implicaciones para la gobernanza internacional

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