The Use and Utility of Ultimata in Coercive Diplomacy
von Tim Sweijs
Details
- ISBN
- 9783031213021
- Verlag
- Springer International Publishing (Cham)
- Erschienen
- 13.05.2023
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 293
- Einband
- Gebunden
- Abmessungen
- 21 x 14.8 cm
- Kategorie
- Hardcover, Softcover / Politikwissenschaft/Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft
Beschreibung
Ultimata feature as a core concept in the coercive diplomacy scholarship. Conventional wisdom holds that pursuing an ultimatum strategy is risky. This book shows that the conventional wisdom is wrong on the basis of a new dataset of 87 ultimata issued from 1920–2020. It provides a historical examination of ultimata in Western strategic, political, and legal thought since antiquity until the present, and offers a four-pronged typology that explains their various purposes and effects: 1) the dictate, 2) the conditional war declaration, 3) the bluff, and 4) the brinkmanship ultimatum. The book yields a better understanding of interstate threat behaviour at a time of surging competition. Background materials can be consulted at www.coercivediplomacy.com.