Explaining Foreign Policy : : International Diplomacy and the Russo-Georgian War / / Anders Wivel, Hans Mouritzen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Mouritzen, Hans,; Wivel, Anders,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Preface --; 1 Explaining Foreign Policy --; 2 A New Explanatory Framework --; 3 Georgia’s Puzzling Attack on Tskhinvali --; 4 A Well-Prepared Russia Strikes Back --; 5 The United States Lets Down a Loyal Friend? --; 6 Europe Divided --; 7 A Surprising Success: The European Union as Mediator --; 8 Russia’s Near Abroad and China: United in Caution --; 9 The Global Victory of Geopolitics --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781588269690; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781588269690
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anders Wivel, Hans Mouritzen.

Why would Georgia attack South Ossetia in August 2008, with Russian forces conducting exercises nearby? This remains a puzzle to analysts—on a not inconsiderable list of foreign policy puzzles. Hans Mouritzen and Anders Wivel use the example of the Russo-Georgian war to illustrate and evaluate their original model for explaining foreign policy behavior. The authors apply the model to the actions of forty countries in relation to the 2008 war. Uniquely linking system, interstate, and intrastate levels of explanation, and benefiting from the WikiLeaks revelations, they offer an important new tool for foreign policy analysis.