Foreign powers and intervention in armed conflicts / Aysegul Aydin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aydin, Aysegul, 1973-

Series:

Stanford security series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Economic aspects.

War.

Politics and war.

Intervention (International law)--Economic aspects.

Intervention (International law).

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intervention in armed conflicts is full of riddles that await attention from scholars and policymakers. This book argues that rethinking intervention—redefining what it is and why foreign powers take an interest in others' conflicts—is of critical importance to understanding how conflicts evolve over time with the entry and exit of external actors. It does this by building a new model of intervention that crosses the traditional boundaries between economics, international relations theory, and security studies, and places the economic interests and domestic political institutions of external states at the center of intervention decisions. Combining quantitative and qualitative evidence from both historical and contemporary conflicts, including interventions in both interstate conflicts and civil wars, it presents an in-depth discussion of a range of interventions—diplomatic, economic, and military—in a variety of international contexts, creating a comprehensive model for future research on the topic.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

TABLES AND FIGURE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BRINGING FOREIGN POWERS BACK IN

3. DEFENDING ECONOMIC INTERESTS ABROAD

4. IN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS

5. THE CRITICAL TEST

6. IN CIVIL WARS

7. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX. MEASUREMENT AND RESEARCH DESIGN

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804782944

0804782946

OCLC:

804661330