05515nam 2200649 450 991082271710332120230801230845.01-58826-969-81-58826-835-710.1515/9781588269690(CKB)2670000000373492(EBL)3329087(SSID)ssj0001043323(PQKBManifestationID)12487016(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001043323(PQKBWorkID)11061206(PQKB)10641677(MiAaPQ)EBC3329087(Au-PeEL)EBL3329087(CaPaEBR)ebr10913705(OCoLC)858949726(DE-B1597)623166(DE-B1597)9781588269690(EXLCZ)99267000000037349220140901h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExplaining foreign policy international diplomacy and the Russo-Georgian War /Hans Mouritzen, Anders WivelBoulder, Colorado ;London, [England] :Lynne Rienner Publishers,2012.©20121 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Preface""; ""1-Explaining Foreign Policy""; ""Figure 1.1 Map of Georgia""; ""Foreign Policy Explanations: Competitive or Complementary?""; ""Explaining Much by Little""; ""Realism and Foreign Policy""; ""The Spatial Blindness of Modern Realism""; ""Structure of the Volume""; ""Historical Roots of the 2008 Conflict""; ""Notes""; ""2-A New Explanatory Framework""; ""Foreign Policy Profiles and Strategies""; ""Figure 2.1 Foreign Policy Profiles and Their Underlying Strategies""; ""What Is an â€œInterestingâ€? Explanation?""""Methodology and Explanatory Levels""""Figure 2.2 Theories and Typical Explanations at Three Explanatory Levels""; ""Epistemology and Reality""; ""What Is a â€œSatisfactoryâ€? Explanation?""; ""The Systemic Explanatory Level""; ""The Interstate Explanatory Level""; ""Figure 2.3 Basic System Types""; ""The Intrastate Explanatory Level""; ""Figure 2.4 The Twofold Reasoning of the Luxury Theory""; ""Figure 2.5 Foreign Policy Roles for Intrastate Peculiarities""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""3-Georgiaâ€?s Puzzling Attack on Tskhinvali""; ""Figure 3.1 Map of South Ossetia Before the War""""The Georgian Action Profile""""The Systemic Explanatory Level""; ""The Interstate Explanatory Level""; ""The Intrastate Explanatory Level""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""4-A Well-Prepared Russia Strikes Back""; ""The Russian Military and Diplomatic Response""; ""Limited War: The Fruits of Victory""; ""Russiaâ€?s Legitimizations: The Mirror Tactic""; ""The Systemic Explanatory Level""; ""Why Not â€œFinish the Jobâ€??""; ""Reflections on Explanatory Overkill""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""5-The United States Lets Down a Loyal Friend?""; ""The US Reaction Profile""""The Systemic Explanatory Level""""Table 5.1 Power Indicators for the United States, Russia, and China, 2007""; ""Figure 5.1 GDP for the United States, Russia, and China, 1995â€?2009""; ""The Interstate Explanatory Level""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""6-Europe Divided""; ""The European Reaction Profiles""; ""The Systemic Explanatory Level""; ""Figure 6.1 Reaction Profiles of EU and NATO Members Toward the Russo-Georgian War""; ""The Interstate Explanatory Level""; ""Figure 6.2 Energy Imports by EU and NATO Members, 2007""; ""The Intrastate Explanatory Level""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""""7-A Surprising Success: The European Union as Mediator""""The EU Reaction Profile""; ""The Systemic Explanatory Level""; ""The EU-External Explanatory Level""; ""The Intra-EU Explanatory Level""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""8-Russiaâ€?s Near Abroad and China: United in Caution""; ""The Near Abroad Reaction Profiles""; ""Figure 8.1 Reaction Profiles of Russiaâ€?s Near Abroad and China Toward the Russo-Georgian War""; ""Table 8.1 Relevant Eurasian IGOs and Their Members""; ""Figure 8.2 Military Expenditures for China, Russia, and Russiaâ€?s Near Abroad, 1995â€?2009""""The Systemic Explanatory Level""Why would Georgia attack South Ossetia in August 2008, with Russian forces conducting exercises nearby? This remains a puzzle to analysts—on a not inconsiderable list of foreign policy puzzles. Hans Mouritzen and Anders Wivel use the example of the Russo-Georgian war to illustrate and evaluate their original model for explaining foreign policy behavior. The authors apply the model to the actions of forty countries in relation to the 2008 war. Uniquely linking system, interstate, and intrastate levels of explanation, and benefiting from the WikiLeaks revelations, they offer an important new tool for foreign policy analysis.International relationsInternational relationsCase studiesInternational relations.International relations947.5808/6Mouritzen Hans1596317Wivel AndersMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822717103321Explaining foreign policy3917649UNINA