TY - JOUR
T1 - Rhetoric versus reality
T2 - Rogue states in interstate conflict
AU - Caprioli, Mary
AU - Trumbore, Peter F.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - The term rogue state has become part of the common language of American foreign policy, and the assumptions made by policy makers about the international conduct of these actors - that they represent aggressive threats to international peace and security - have become entrenched at the center of U.S. foreign and defense policies. The central assumption of rogue state aggressiveness, however, has not been empirically tested. This project fills that gap. The authors first identify those states that, since 1980, have consistently been described as rogues by policy makers, as well as other states that evince the objective characteristics said to qualify a state for rogue status. When the authors examine these states' interstate conflict behavior as a group, they find that they are no more likely to become involved in militarized interstate disputes, no more likely to initiate militarized action, and no more likely to use force first than nonrogue states.
AB - The term rogue state has become part of the common language of American foreign policy, and the assumptions made by policy makers about the international conduct of these actors - that they represent aggressive threats to international peace and security - have become entrenched at the center of U.S. foreign and defense policies. The central assumption of rogue state aggressiveness, however, has not been empirically tested. This project fills that gap. The authors first identify those states that, since 1980, have consistently been described as rogues by policy makers, as well as other states that evince the objective characteristics said to qualify a state for rogue status. When the authors examine these states' interstate conflict behavior as a group, they find that they are no more likely to become involved in militarized interstate disputes, no more likely to initiate militarized action, and no more likely to use force first than nonrogue states.
KW - American foreign policy
KW - Conflict
KW - Rogue states
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U2 - 10.1177/0022002705279335
DO - 10.1177/0022002705279335
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:26644455518
SN - 0022-0027
VL - 49
SP - 770
EP - 791
JO - Journal of Conflict Resolution
JF - Journal of Conflict Resolution
IS - 5
ER -