PIED3503
Mid-Semester Essay
Student Number - 200823400
Word Count: -344
How important is credibility during international crises? Why?
Introduction
International crises are not traditionally seen as a foreign policy aim of the leaders of states yet they continue to dictate foreign policy in a post cold war world. One of the most common concepts linked to international crises is credibility. This essay aims to address the role of credibility in International Crises. To begin the essay will assess what constitutes as an International Crises by looking at common themes that arise in definitions of it. This will form our revised definition of international crises. The essay will progress to discuss what credibility is and what role …show more content…
(1997). P). This essay will refer to the states as actors. This essay will refer to two actors, A and B, where Actor A is making the demand or threat and Actor B has received the demand or threat. One regularly reoccurring feature found in definitions of International Crises is that takes place between two or more sovereign states (Snyder, G., Diesing, P. (1977). p7)(Sartori, A. (2002). p123) where a collection of interactions leads to the increased probability of conflict in order to resolve the dispute (Kinne, B., Marinov, N. (2012). p361). In this essay we will assume that that there are no more than two actors involved in the crises in order to create a more coherent argument and in order to cut out the added complexities of the involvement of more actors. When Actor A interacts with Actor B the outcome of the interactions could be an agreement, a dispute, a crisis or war (Sartori, A. (2002). p129). These are arranged in order of severity and therefore shows where crises lie in relation to disputes and war. This positioning means that during an international crisis further interactions are likely to continue escalating to the stage of war, unless one actor backs down …show more content…
If Actor A and B have been in a crisis for some time then actor A may raise the stakes and bring the crisis to the brink in order to make actor B back down and end the crisis. This can be successful, nevertheless it can also backfire and cause pre-emptive wars.
Reoccurring themes that appear in definitions of an international crisis have been brought together to make up our revised definition, which will be used throughout the rest of the essay. International crises are between two sovereign actors where, continued interactions have led to escalating military tensions although neither actor wants to go to war and would rather resolve the crisis before this stage.
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Mid-Semester Essay
Student Number - 200823400
Word Count: -344
How important is credibility during international crises? Why?
Introduction
International crises are not traditionally seen as a foreign policy aim of the leaders of states yet they continue to dictate foreign policy in a post cold war world. One of the most common concepts linked to international crises is credibility. This essay aims to address the role of credibility in International Crises. To begin the essay will assess what constitutes as an International Crises by looking at common themes that arise in definitions of it. This will form our revised definition of international crises. The essay will progress to discuss what credibility is and what role …show more content…
(1997). P). This essay will refer to the states as actors. This essay will refer to two actors, A and B, where Actor A is making the demand or threat and Actor B has received the demand or threat. One regularly reoccurring feature found in definitions of International Crises is that takes place between two or more sovereign states (Snyder, G., Diesing, P. (1977). p7)(Sartori, A. (2002). p123) where a collection of interactions leads to the increased probability of conflict in order to resolve the dispute (Kinne, B., Marinov, N. (2012). p361). In this essay we will assume that that there are no more than two actors involved in the crises in order to create a more coherent argument and in order to cut out the added complexities of the involvement of more actors. When Actor A interacts with Actor B the outcome of the interactions could be an agreement, a dispute, a crisis or war (Sartori, A. (2002). p129). These are arranged in order of severity and therefore shows where crises lie in relation to disputes and war. This positioning means that during an international crisis further interactions are likely to continue escalating to the stage of war, unless one actor backs down …show more content…
If Actor A and B have been in a crisis for some time then actor A may raise the stakes and bring the crisis to the brink in order to make actor B back down and end the crisis. This can be successful, nevertheless it can also backfire and cause pre-emptive wars.
Reoccurring themes that appear in definitions of an international crisis have been brought together to make up our revised definition, which will be used throughout the rest of the essay. International crises are between two sovereign actors where, continued interactions have led to escalating military tensions although neither actor wants to go to war and would rather resolve the crisis before this stage.
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