Florian Böller
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4075262 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Florian Böller |
| NOMBRES | Florian |
| APELLIDO | Böller |
| FIRMA | BÖLLER F |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Kaiserslautern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0386-4758 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Restoring trust: John F. Kennedy and transatlantic conflict management (1961–1963)
Despite the frequent use of the term “trust” in the security community literature, it has rarely explored the role and concrete processes of trust-based interactions. This article investigates trust interactions within the transatlantic security community, and US–German relations in particular, during the crisis following the construction of the Berlin Wall (1961–1963). In theoretical perspective, I argue that the production and repair as well as…
Beyond stable alliances: Uncertainty at the dawn of Trump’s second act
Donald Trump’s successful bid for the White House in 2024, combined with the Republican Party’s unified control of Congress and a solid conservative majority on the Supreme Court, underscores a stark reality: the second coming of “Trumpism” may be more relentless than the first. While Trump’s initial presidency from 2017 to 2021 introduced a disruptive “America First” paradigm that already led to far-spread uncertainty in International Relations,…
Fuelling Politicisation: The AfD and the Politics of Military Interventions in the German Parliament
In 2017, for the first time in more than 60 years, a populist radical right party, the AfD, gained seats in a Bundestag election. While the AfD's stance against immigration and European integration is well documented, its preferences towards other foreign and security policy issues are less clear. To overcome this lacuna, I investigate voting records and introduce an original dataset of the legitimising rhetoric in parliament, to grasp the AfD's …
Grasping Foreign and Security Policy Change: Patterns and Conditions of Change Among Liberal Democracies
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been perceived as a fundamental shift at the international level, triggering reorientation in foreign and security policy, in particular among liberal democracies. At the same time, beyond such external shocks, states may incrementally adapt their positioning towards international affairs. To shed light on these dynamics, this article aims to quantitatively explore longer-term patterns of foreign and security poli…
The Tug-of-War over Drone Strike Oversight: Congress and the Politics of Drone Warfare during the Obama Presidency
Despite the increasing use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in counter-terror operations, executive-legislative relations, intelligence oversight, and war powers regarding drone strikes have received scarce scholarly interest. Our article contributes to filling this gap and focuses on the politics of congressional oversight of drone warfare—in particular those operations conducted by the CIA (Title 50 operations) during the Obama administration…
Vandenberg Vanished: US Congress and the Politicisation of Military Interventions
This article examines the extent and patterns of politicisation in the field of military interventions for the USA after the end of the Cold War. The analysis shows that key votes on war and peace in the US Congress are contested to a higher degree than in the European parliaments. It finds that Republican members of Congress (MoC) are in general more supportive of military interventions than Democrats. At the same time, party loyalty towards the…
Hegemonic Transition: Global Economic and Security Orders in the Age of Trump
A Strained Partnership: Krise und Resilienz in den transatlantischen Beziehungen 20 Jahre nach 9/11
Brakeman or booster? Presidents, ideological polarization, reciprocity, and the politics of US arms control
US arms control policies have shifted frequently in the last 60 years, ranging from the role of a ‘brakeman’ regarding international arms control, to the role of a ‘booster,’ initiating new agreements. My article analyzes the conditions that contribute to this mixed pattern. A crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) evaluates 24 cases of US decisions on international arms control treaties (1963–2021). The analysis reveals that the streng…
From Washington without love: Congressional foreign policy making and US-Russian relations under president Trump
In 2017, US Congress renewed the sanctions regime to punish Russia for its alleged cyberattacks during the 2016 elections and asserted its role in foreign policy making vis-à-vis President Donald Trump. To understand this case of Trump's first significant foreign policy defeat, our analytical framework links two strands of the literature, the securitization concept and liberal International Relations theory. Previous studies underscored the abili…
Bomb or build? How party ideologies affect the balance of foreign aid and defence spending
This article contributes to a growing literature that questions the traditional ‘politics stops at the water’s edge’ paradigm. Left- and right-wing parties hold diverging ideologies and articulate specific party programmes regarding policy priorities in the realm of foreign and security affairs. The impact of partisan contestations over foreign policy priorities can be traced in defence and foreign aid spending. We understand this ‘bomb-or-build’…
Unleashing the watchdogs: Explaining congressional assertiveness in the politics of US military interventions
This article contributes to a burgeoning literature on parliamentary war powers by investigating the case of the US Congress drawing on both International Relations (IR) research and traditional war powers studies. Applying a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis and case study method, we examine the conditions shaping congressional assertiveness. The article shows that the lack of national security interests and divided government are impor…
Guardian of the international order”? Nato’s contested identity, the discourses of Secretaries General, and the Ukraine crisis
This article examines the role of NATO Secretaries General within the transatlantic security community in the wake of the 2014 Ukraine crisis. Drawing on a social constructivist perspective, the comparative discourse analysis of Rasmussen and Stoltenberg offers important insights regarding the role of a non-governmental actor in transatlantic relations. So far, research on transatlantic relations rarely investigated the discourses of NATO Secreta…
Debating War and Peace: US Congress and the Domestic Legitimization of Military Interventions
This article investigates how members of US Congress legitimized their votes in four cases of military interventions after the Cold War (Iraq 1991, 2002–2009; Somalia 1993; Libya 2011). Using an original dataset on congressional rhetoric, the qualitative content analysis highlights that the domestic legitimization of military interventions hinges on members of Congress’s perception of external threats and national interests. So far, international…
Fencing the bear? Explaining US foreign policy towards Russian interventions
Despite the burgeoning literature on Russia’s renewed power politics, little attention has been paid to the fact that US reactions towards Russia’s military interventions were all but coherent. The USA has chosen weak measures in Georgia in 2008 (shaming) compared to its assertive response in Ukraine in 2014 (sanctions, hard deterrence). This article assesses the explanatory power of neorealist, liberal and constructivist theories for the variati…
Fascinating Remoteness: The Dilemma of Hiking Tourism Development in Peripheral Mountain Areas
Remote areas devoid of roads and tourist transport infrastructure are increasingly appreciated in urbanized countries because they provide the opportunity to experience tranquillity, solitude, and pristine nature, which are recreational qualities that contrast with the stress of urban life. In Switzerland as a whole, larger roadless areas are rare, but they are still common in southern Switzerland as the “inventory of remote areas,” which was est…
Bomb or build? How party ideologies affect the balance of foreign aid and defence spending
This article contributes to a growing literature that questions the traditional ‘politics stops at the water’s edge’ paradigm. Left- and right-wing parties hold diverging ideologies and articulate specific party programmes regarding policy priorities in the realm of foreign and security affairs. The impact of partisan contestations over foreign policy priorities can be traced in defence and foreign aid spending. We understand this ‘bomb-or-build’…
Vandenberg Vanished: US Congress and the Politicisation of Military Interventions
This article examines the extent and patterns of politicisation in the field of military interventions for the USA after the end of the Cold War. The analysis shows that key votes on war and peace in the US Congress are contested to a higher degree than in the European parliaments. It finds that Republican members of Congress (MoC) are in general more supportive of military interventions than Democrats. At the same time, party loyalty towards the…
Fuelling Politicisation: The AfD and the Politics of Military Interventions in the German Parliament
In 2017, for the first time in more than 60 years, a populist radical right party, the AfD, gained seats in a Bundestag election. While the AfD's stance against immigration and European integration is well documented, its preferences towards other foreign and security policy issues are less clear. To overcome this lacuna, I investigate voting records and introduce an original dataset of the legitimising rhetoric in parliament, to grasp the AfD's …
Grasping Foreign and Security Policy Change: Patterns and Conditions of Change Among Liberal Democracies
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been perceived as a fundamental shift at the international level, triggering reorientation in foreign and security policy, in particular among liberal democracies. At the same time, beyond such external shocks, states may incrementally adapt their positioning towards international affairs. To shed light on these dynamics, this article aims to quantitatively explore longer-term patterns of foreign and security poli…
From Washington without love: Congressional foreign policy making and US-Russian relations under president Trump
In 2017, US Congress renewed the sanctions regime to punish Russia for its alleged cyberattacks during the 2016 elections and asserted its role in foreign policy making vis-à-vis President Donald Trump. To understand this case of Trump's first significant foreign policy defeat, our analytical framework links two strands of the literature, the securitization concept and liberal International Relations theory. Previous studies underscored the abili…
Unleashing the watchdogs: Explaining congressional assertiveness in the politics of US military interventions
This article contributes to a burgeoning literature on parliamentary war powers by investigating the case of the US Congress drawing on both International Relations (IR) research and traditional war powers studies. Applying a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis and case study method, we examine the conditions shaping congressional assertiveness. The article shows that the lack of national security interests and divided government are impor…
Guardian of the international order”? Nato’s contested identity, the discourses of Secretaries General, and the Ukraine crisis
This article examines the role of NATO Secretaries General within the transatlantic security community in the wake of the 2014 Ukraine crisis. Drawing on a social constructivist perspective, the comparative discourse analysis of Rasmussen and Stoltenberg offers important insights regarding the role of a non-governmental actor in transatlantic relations. So far, research on transatlantic relations rarely investigated the discourses of NATO Secreta…
Brakeman or booster? Presidents, ideological polarization, reciprocity, and the politics of US arms control
US arms control policies have shifted frequently in the last 60 years, ranging from the role of a ‘brakeman’ regarding international arms control, to the role of a ‘booster,’ initiating new agreements. My article analyzes the conditions that contribute to this mixed pattern. A crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) evaluates 24 cases of US decisions on international arms control treaties (1963–2021). The analysis reveals that the streng…
Beyond stable alliances: Uncertainty at the dawn of Trump’s second act
Donald Trump’s successful bid for the White House in 2024, combined with the Republican Party’s unified control of Congress and a solid conservative majority on the Supreme Court, underscores a stark reality: the second coming of “Trumpism” may be more relentless than the first. While Trump’s initial presidency from 2017 to 2021 introduced a disruptive “America First” paradigm that already led to far-spread uncertainty in International Relations,…
The Tug-of-War over Drone Strike Oversight: Congress and the Politics of Drone Warfare during the Obama Presidency
Despite the increasing use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in counter-terror operations, executive-legislative relations, intelligence oversight, and war powers regarding drone strikes have received scarce scholarly interest. Our article contributes to filling this gap and focuses on the politics of congressional oversight of drone warfare—in particular those operations conducted by the CIA (Title 50 operations) during the Obama administration…
Fascinating Remoteness: The Dilemma of Hiking Tourism Development in Peripheral Mountain Areas
Remote areas devoid of roads and tourist transport infrastructure are increasingly appreciated in urbanized countries because they provide the opportunity to experience tranquillity, solitude, and pristine nature, which are recreational qualities that contrast with the stress of urban life. In Switzerland as a whole, larger roadless areas are rare, but they are still common in southern Switzerland as the “inventory of remote areas,” which was est…
Fencing the bear? Explaining US foreign policy towards Russian interventions
Despite the burgeoning literature on Russia’s renewed power politics, little attention has been paid to the fact that US reactions towards Russia’s military interventions were all but coherent. The USA has chosen weak measures in Georgia in 2008 (shaming) compared to its assertive response in Ukraine in 2014 (sanctions, hard deterrence). This article assesses the explanatory power of neorealist, liberal and constructivist theories for the variati…
Debating War and Peace: US Congress and the Domestic Legitimization of Military Interventions
This article investigates how members of US Congress legitimized their votes in four cases of military interventions after the Cold War (Iraq 1991, 2002–2009; Somalia 1993; Libya 2011). Using an original dataset on congressional rhetoric, the qualitative content analysis highlights that the domestic legitimization of military interventions hinges on members of Congress’s perception of external threats and national interests. So far, international…
Unleashing the watchdogs: Explaining congressional assertiveness in the politics of US military interventions
This article contributes to a burgeoning literature on parliamentary war powers by investigating the case of the US Congress drawing on both International Relations (IR) research and traditional war powers studies. Applying a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis and case study method, we examine the conditions shaping congressional assertiveness. The article shows that the lack of national security interests and divided government are impor…
Guardian of the international order”? Nato’s contested identity, the discourses of Secretaries General, and the Ukraine crisis
This article examines the role of NATO Secretaries General within the transatlantic security community in the wake of the 2014 Ukraine crisis. Drawing on a social constructivist perspective, the comparative discourse analysis of Rasmussen and Stoltenberg offers important insights regarding the role of a non-governmental actor in transatlantic relations. So far, research on transatlantic relations rarely investigated the discourses of NATO Secreta…
Bomb or build? How party ideologies affect the balance of foreign aid and defence spending
This article contributes to a growing literature that questions the traditional ‘politics stops at the water’s edge’ paradigm. Left- and right-wing parties hold diverging ideologies and articulate specific party programmes regarding policy priorities in the realm of foreign and security affairs. The impact of partisan contestations over foreign policy priorities can be traced in defence and foreign aid spending. We understand this ‘bomb-or-build’…
From Washington without love: Congressional foreign policy making and US-Russian relations under president Trump
In 2017, US Congress renewed the sanctions regime to punish Russia for its alleged cyberattacks during the 2016 elections and asserted its role in foreign policy making vis-à-vis President Donald Trump. To understand this case of Trump's first significant foreign policy defeat, our analytical framework links two strands of the literature, the securitization concept and liberal International Relations theory. Previous studies underscored the abili…
Hegemonic Transition: Global Economic and Security Orders in the Age of Trump
A Strained Partnership: Krise und Resilienz in den transatlantischen Beziehungen 20 Jahre nach 9/11
Brakeman or booster? Presidents, ideological polarization, reciprocity, and the politics of US arms control
US arms control policies have shifted frequently in the last 60 years, ranging from the role of a ‘brakeman’ regarding international arms control, to the role of a ‘booster,’ initiating new agreements. My article analyzes the conditions that contribute to this mixed pattern. A crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) evaluates 24 cases of US decisions on international arms control treaties (1963–2021). The analysis reveals that the streng…
Vandenberg Vanished: US Congress and the Politicisation of Military Interventions
This article examines the extent and patterns of politicisation in the field of military interventions for the USA after the end of the Cold War. The analysis shows that key votes on war and peace in the US Congress are contested to a higher degree than in the European parliaments. It finds that Republican members of Congress (MoC) are in general more supportive of military interventions than Democrats. At the same time, party loyalty towards the…
Grasping Foreign and Security Policy Change: Patterns and Conditions of Change Among Liberal Democracies
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been perceived as a fundamental shift at the international level, triggering reorientation in foreign and security policy, in particular among liberal democracies. At the same time, beyond such external shocks, states may incrementally adapt their positioning towards international affairs. To shed light on these dynamics, this article aims to quantitatively explore longer-term patterns of foreign and security poli…
The Tug-of-War over Drone Strike Oversight: Congress and the Politics of Drone Warfare during the Obama Presidency
Despite the increasing use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in counter-terror operations, executive-legislative relations, intelligence oversight, and war powers regarding drone strikes have received scarce scholarly interest. Our article contributes to filling this gap and focuses on the politics of congressional oversight of drone warfare—in particular those operations conducted by the CIA (Title 50 operations) during the Obama administration…
Fuelling Politicisation: The AfD and the Politics of Military Interventions in the German Parliament
In 2017, for the first time in more than 60 years, a populist radical right party, the AfD, gained seats in a Bundestag election. While the AfD's stance against immigration and European integration is well documented, its preferences towards other foreign and security policy issues are less clear. To overcome this lacuna, I investigate voting records and introduce an original dataset of the legitimising rhetoric in parliament, to grasp the AfD's …
Beyond stable alliances: Uncertainty at the dawn of Trump’s second act
Donald Trump’s successful bid for the White House in 2024, combined with the Republican Party’s unified control of Congress and a solid conservative majority on the Supreme Court, underscores a stark reality: the second coming of “Trumpism” may be more relentless than the first. While Trump’s initial presidency from 2017 to 2021 introduced a disruptive “America First” paradigm that already led to far-spread uncertainty in International Relations,…
Restoring trust: John F. Kennedy and transatlantic conflict management (1961–1963)
Despite the frequent use of the term “trust” in the security community literature, it has rarely explored the role and concrete processes of trust-based interactions. This article investigates trust interactions within the transatlantic security community, and US–German relations in particular, during the crisis following the construction of the Berlin Wall (1961–1963). In theoretical perspective, I argue that the production and repair as well as…
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