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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462058703321

Autore

Aydin Aysegul <1973->

Titolo

Foreign powers and intervention in armed conflicts [[electronic resource] /] / Aysegul Aydin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8294-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Stanford security series

Disciplina

355.02

Soggetti

War - Economic aspects

Politics and war

Intervention (International law) - Economic aspects

International relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.