Essays about: "Diversionary War theory"

Found 2 essays containing the words Diversionary War 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

3. 2. Political Motivation and Annexations: A comparative study of the political motivation to annex a sovereign territory.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Carl Ursing; [2016]
   Keywords : political decision; Indonesia; China; annexation; Tibet; East-Timor; diversionary foreign policy; rational actor; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Unveiling political motivation as a feature in the actions of states has since the mid 20th century been a rising subject of interest in the academic research of International Relations. Research has predominatly focused on the incidence of war as a method to foster domestic support, however the manifestation of political stimulus streches past these events. READ MORE