The US and Europe in the Balkans

Peterson, John

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“…Fewer than 3 per cent travel abroad in any given year (other than to Canada or Mexico). 61 One famous poll taken in August 2003 showed that 69 per cent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was directly responsible for 9/11. 62 So the most plausible theory of how public opinion affects foreign policy might seem to be a variant of 'random walk' theory.…”

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In Defence of Inelegance: IR Theory and Transatlantic Practice

Peterson¹

2006

International Relations

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We should theorize about international relations (IR) exclusively on the basis of systemic variables because the whole cannot be known 'through the study of its parts'. This injunction is familiar and pervasive across our discipline. Yet, IR theorists who seek to explain international outcomes by focusing exclusively on systemic variables are increasingly engaging in a sort of unilateral disarmament. Despite all its shortcomings, foreign policy analysis (FPA) gets us much further than systemic IR theory in understanding the real world of international politics. While much depends on precisely what 'slice' of international political life we are seeking to explain, FPA captures how international outcomes are increasingly determined by factors that are sourced at the level of domestic politics. The argument here draws on close empirical investigation of US-European relations, as well as contributions to this journal by Mearsheimer and Gilpin, and other recent works in the research literature.

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In Defence of Inelegance: IR Theory and Transatlantic Practice

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2006

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The Atlantic Alliance Under Stress

Andrews¹

2005

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Can the political institutions of the transatlantic alliance endure the demise of the Soviet enemy? Did the Iraq crisis of 2002–3 signal the final demise of the Atlantic partnership? If so, what are the likely consequences? In this book a distinguished group of political scientists and historians from Europe and the United States tackle these questions. The book examines the causes and consequences of the crisis in Atlantic relations that accompanied the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The authors' collective focus is not on the war itself, or how it was conducted, or even the situation in Iraq either before or after the conflict. Instead, the crisis over Iraq is the starting point for an examination of transatlantic relations and specifically the Atlantic alliance, an examination that is cross-national in scope and multi-disciplinary in approach.

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The Atlantic Alliance Under Stress

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The US and Europe in the Balkans

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In Defence of Inelegance: IR Theory and Transatlantic Practice

In Defence of Inelegance: IR Theory and Transatlantic Practice

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