Warning about War: Conflict, Persuasion and Foreign Policy

ISBN-13: 9781108486071 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 324 str.

Christoph Meyer; Chiara de Franco; Florian Otto

Opis

The authors develop a theoretical framework to explain how and when public and non-public warnings about future conflicts affect decision-making in Western states and international organisations. For scholars and practitioners working on conflict prevention, strategic surprise, and advocacy in peace, intelligence and communication studies.

Recenzje

'This sophisticated analytical treatment of the theory of political conflict will interest specialists and professionals studying or involved in conflict resolution.' J. A. Rhodes, Choice

Spis treści

1. Conflict warnings as persuasion attempts; 2. A theory of conflict warning as persuasion in foreign policy; 3. Inside-up warnings within states and international organisations; 4. Outside-in warnings I: persuasion by NGOs; 5. Outside-in warnings II: persuasion by journalists and media organisations; 6. (Mis-)identifying warnings and the problem of hindsight bias: the case of the Rwandan Genocide; 7. What makes individual officials persuasive warners? The case of the 2004 Darfur crisis; 8. Explaining differences in persuasiveness: the EU members states and the 2008 Five-Day War in Georgia; 9. Warning within EU institutions and the Ukrainian-Russian conflict of 2013–14; 10. When are warnings heeded and what can warners do?; References; Index.