Explaining foreign policy : international diplomacy and the Russo-Georgian War / / Hans Mouritzen, Anders Wivel

• Autore: Mouritzen Hans
• Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.5808/6
• Soggetto topico: International relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): WivelAnders
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 “Interestingâ€? Explanation?"" ; ""Methodology and Explanatory Levels""""Figure 2.2 Theories and Typical Explanations at Three Explanatory Levels""; ""Epistemology and Reality""; ""What Is a “Satisfactoryâ€? 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 “Finish 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Explaining foreign policy
• ISBN: 1-58826-969-8; 1-58826-835-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462802903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II