Essays about: "Diversionary Peace theory"

Found 1 essay containing the words Diversionary Peace theory.

  1. 1. Unrest as Incentive for Cooperation? : The Diversionary Peace Theory, Turkish-Syrian Relations and the Kurdish Conflict

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linus Mattsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Diversionary Peace theory; Diversionary War theory; international conflict; Turkey; Syria; Kurdish conflict; process-tracing;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the link between internal and external conflict of states in the field of International Relations. More specifically, it is a critique of the Diversionary War theory, which argues that political leaders can instigate foreign conflict to divert the attention from domestic issues in order to secure their political positions. READ MORE