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Why states rebel : understanding state sponsorship of terrorism /
Given the fact that two-thirds of all intrastate wars since 1945 have included foreign interventions, what drives sovereign states to support non-state conflict parties? In order to understand causes and calculations of this particular type of third party intervention, this book connects some of the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Opladen :
Barbara Budrich Publishers,
2016.
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| Colección: | International and security studies ;
Bd. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Why States Rebel; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Internationalizing intrastate conflict; 1.1 State of research; 1.2 Theoretical overview; 1.3 State sponsorship of terrorism; 1.3.1 Definitions; 1.3.2 Pyramid or rag rug? Patterns of sponsorship revisited; 1.4 Research questions; 1.5 Research design; 1.6 Outline of the book; 2 Realist alliance theory and the quest for the optimum balance; 2.1 Neorealism: A theory of foreign policy constraints; 2.1.1 Foreign policy in neorealism: Sealing Pandora's (black) Box?
- 2.4.1 The alliance security dilemma2.4.2 How the security dilemma influences alliance management; 2.4.3 Domestic politics in the alliance dilemma; 2.4.4 Conclusion: Risk management in alliances; 3 Realism and state sponsorship of terrorism; 3.1 Informality and secrecy in alliance politics; 3.1.1 Formality: From shaking hands to signing treaties; 3.1.2 Publicity: Can a secret deter anyone?; 3.2 When your best friend is said to be invisible: Non-stateactors in alliance politics; 3.2.1 Non-state actors in international politics; 3.2.2 How terrorism affects national security
- 3.2.3 Shadow boxing? Realism and the war against terrorism3.3 Sponsorship as a functional equivalent to interstate alliances; 3.3.1 What terrorist groups need support for; 3.3.2 A bird in a gilded cage: The alliance security dilemma from a terrorist perspective; 3.3.3 State sponsorship and the security dilemma; 3.4 When do states decide to sponsor?; 3.5 Sponsorship and the alliance dilemma; 3.5.1 Abandonment risks in sponsorship relations; 3.5.2 Entrapment risks in sponsorship relations; 3.6 Sponsorship and the domestic alliance dilemma
- 4 Research design: Assessing state sponsorship of terrorism4.1 Independent variable: Systemic incentives for alliance behavior; 4.2 Conditional variable: Domestic politics; 4.3 Dependent variable: Sponsorship commitment; 4.3.1 Hosting; 4.3.2 Military support; 4.3.3 Financial support; 4.3.4 Endorsement; 4.3.5 Conclusion; 4.4 The Case of Syria; 5 From joint defeat to open war: Syria & Fatah; 5.1 Nature of the Sponsorship Dilemma; 5.1.1 Drifting apart: The power imbalance between Syria and Israel; 5.1.2 Bridging the gap? Fatah/PLO's capacity as an ally; 5.1.3 Severity of conflict