SOOTHING AND BAFFLING EXPEDIENTS: THE U.S. PRACTICE OF COERCIVE DIPLOMACY, 1990-2020

This dissertation examines the U.S. practice of Coercive Diplomacy (CD) from 1990-2020 with three primary goals in mind: to provide an empirical description of U.S. CD in a manner that integrates different coercive tools, to examine policy outcomes in light of variables derived from previous work on CD and on communications theory, and to examine the causes of success and failure in CD. The study employs a mixed methods approach, including statistical analysis, case studies, and expert interviews. A total of 122 major coercive episodes were identified and analyzed, and a number of trends in coercive performance and outcome emerged. The study offers a number of insights useful to practitioners and analysts of U.S. foreign policy in the developing era of Great Power Competition.

Author

• Outzen, Richard H

• Coercion
• Diplomacy
• Multipolar
• Policy
• Sanctions
• U.S.

Identifier

hdl:1920/13963

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:MARS:1920/13963