Essays about: "Diversionary Theory"

Found 4 essays containing the words Diversionary 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. Regime Survival during the Arab Spring: : A Case study of how the Moroccan leader addressed the popular discontent during and after the Arab Spring in 2011

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Luisa El Berr; [2017]
    Keywords : Regime survival; Arab Spring; Morocco; Theory of Policy Substitutability; Diversionary Tactics;

    Abstract : The Arab Spring, the protests that spread through the Arab world, led to very different outcomes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. That some regimes survived during the Arab Spring and some experienced regime-change has been explained through political, economic and social perspectives. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Partisan Macroeconomic Preferences and the Diversionary Use of Force in The United Kingdom 1971-2000

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ludvig Sundin; [2014]
    Keywords : Diversionary Theory; Inflation; Unemployment; Partisan Macroeconomic Preferences; Scapegoating; Rally ‘Round the Flag Effect; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the diversionary use of force in the context of The United Kingdom. Building on theory that suggests that diversionary tactics are most likely when domestic turmoil affects the core constituents of the incumbent party, I operationalize domestic turmoil as macroeconomic conditions that disfavor the core constituents of the incumbent party and test its effects on the initiation, or threat of, force towards other countries through logistic regression models and time-series data from The United Kingdom, 1971-2000. READ MORE