Robert S Snyder
Biographic Data
| ID | 1471813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert S Snyder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert S |
| FAMILY NAME | Snyder |
| SIGNATURE | SNYDER R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0203-7862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Myth of Trump's transactional foreign policy—and Canada's response
Since the beginning of Trump's first presidency in 2017, his foreign policy has been characterized by scholars and journalists as “transactional.” According to this view, he has prioritized short-term economic gains over promoting principles and has been indifferent to other countries’ political systems when dealing with them. This paper argues, however, that since becoming president in 2025, Trump's foreign policy has shifted from a transactiona…
Realist or Just Anti-Liberal? Trump's Foreign Policy in Retrospect
Donald Trump's foreign policy has been characterized as realist. His “America First” theme, economic nationalism, and scorn for traditional alliances and international norms are alleged evidence. But was Trump's foreign policy realist? Instead, it is better seen as anti-liberal. Trump was most realist in his recognition of China as a great power rival not committed to liberal values. But he was also a protectionist. With respect to Russia, Europe…
Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis by Dianne Zorri, Houman Sadri, and David Ellis (review)
Reviewed by: Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis by Dianne Zorri, Houman Sadri, and David Ellis Robert Snyder Zorri, Dianne, Houman Sadri, and David Ellis, Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis. Tampa, FL: JSOU Press, 2021. [End Page 471] Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis by Dianne Zorri, Houman …
The Fall of Afghanistan: An American Tragedy
The conventional view has been that Trump and Biden made the correct decision to withdraw the US from Afghanistan, but the actual departure was flawed. On the contrary, the US should not have withdrawn and the actual departure was not a failure. The withdrawal was against the US’ larger strategic interests beyond counterterrorism. If it withdrew, it should not have done so unconditionally, for both its interests (including humanitarian) and asset…
Ideology and Global Conflicts: Revolutionary Actors and Their Opposition to Liberalism
The concept of the revisionist state has been central to IR, and the literature demonstrates that they initiate international conflicts. As a subset of the revisionist state, revolutionary states in particular have been shown to foment international conflicts. Moreover, ideology has come to explain international conflicts, especially the Second World War, Cold War, and “War on Terror.” Nevertheless, the literature on revolutionary states discount…
The United States and Nicaragua: Understanding the Breakdown in Relations
Although the United States and Nicaragua maintained cooperative relations for a period after the Sandinista revolution of 1979, ties between the two states deteriorated. What explains the shift from cordial to hostile relations? The two dominant explanations have been that the aggressive policies of the new Reagan administration forced the Sandinista regime into a defensive position of hostility or that a downward spiral occurred based on the sec…
The Arab uprising and the persistence of monarchy
Journal Article The Arab uprising and the persistence of monarchy Get access ROBERT S. SNYDER ROBERT S. SNYDER 1Professor of Political Science at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 91, Issue 5, September 2015, Pages 1027–1045, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12396 Published: 16 September 2015
The Fall of the Berlin Wall: The Counterrevolution in Soviet Foreign Policy and the End of Communism
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War sparked a debate in the study of world politics. Scholars scampered to offer explanations for these unforeseen events. Some argued that the end of the Cold War demonstrated the importance of agency and ideas— specifically Mikhail Gorbachev's New Thinking. Others responded that traditional theories of power politics could explain the changes in Soviet foreign policy that transformed Eastern E…
Busying Giddy Minds
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Bridging the Realist/Constructivist Divide: The Case of the Counterrevolution in Soviet Foreign Policy at the End of the Cold War
The surprising end of the Cold War has led to a debate within international relations (IR) theory. Constructivists have argued that the end of the Cold War is best explained in terms of ideas and agency—specifically Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev's new thinking. A few realists have countered that Soviet material decline was “endogenous” to the new ideas. Can these two theoretical perspectives be reconciled with respect to this case? They can …
The Myth of Preemption: More Than a War Against Iraq
Hating America: Bin Laden as a Civilizational Revolutionary
Much of the literature on September 11 focuses on bin Laden as a terrorist or on the idea of a clash of civilizations. In criticizing both, this paper instead conceptualizes bin Laden as a “civilizational revolutionary.” As a revolutionary, bin Laden has sought to topple moderate regimes in the Middle East and to reestablish the caliphate. In contrast with most other national or transnational revolutionaries, however, he has emphasized culture—mi…
Paths to Peace: Is Democracy the Answer? Miriam Fendius Elman
The U.S. and third World Revolutionary States: Understanding the Breakdown in Relations
Although scholars focused on Soviet–American relations during the Cold War, the greatest number of conflicts for the U.S. occurred in the Third World, and most of these were with revolutionary states. Could U.S. policies toward the new revolutionary states have prevented the almost universal collapse in relations? Two dominant explanations for this breakdown are (1) American hostility toward revolutionary change and (2) Stephen Walt's variant of …
The End of Revolution
Revolution ushered in the modern world, but modernity has killed it. Scholars who examine the causes or contributing conditions of revolutions focus either on structure, agency, or ideas, yet an analysis of each perspective reveals that the alleged causes or conditions have declined or been eliminated. In spite of capitalism's global crisis in the late 1990s, the spread of liberalism and other factors should make revolutions unlikely to occur
The End of Revolution
Revolution ushered in the modern world, but modernity has killed it. Scholars who examine the causes or contributing conditions of revolutions focus either on structure, agency, or ideas, yet an analysis of each perspective reveals that the alleged causes or conditions have declined or been eliminated. In spite of capitalism's global crisis in the late 1990s, the spread of liberalism and other factors should make revolutions unlikely to occur
The U.S. and third World Revolutionary States: Understanding the Breakdown in Relations
Although scholars focused on Soviet–American relations during the Cold War, the greatest number of conflicts for the U.S. occurred in the Third World, and most of these were with revolutionary states. Could U.S. policies toward the new revolutionary states have prevented the almost universal collapse in relations? Two dominant explanations for this breakdown are (1) American hostility toward revolutionary change and (2) Stephen Walt's variant of …
The United States and Nicaragua: Understanding the Breakdown in Relations
Although the United States and Nicaragua maintained cooperative relations for a period after the Sandinista revolution of 1979, ties between the two states deteriorated. What explains the shift from cordial to hostile relations? The two dominant explanations have been that the aggressive policies of the new Reagan administration forced the Sandinista regime into a defensive position of hostility or that a downward spiral occurred based on the sec…
The Myth of Preemption: More Than a War Against Iraq
Hating America: Bin Laden as a Civilizational Revolutionary
Much of the literature on September 11 focuses on bin Laden as a terrorist or on the idea of a clash of civilizations. In criticizing both, this paper instead conceptualizes bin Laden as a “civilizational revolutionary.” As a revolutionary, bin Laden has sought to topple moderate regimes in the Middle East and to reestablish the caliphate. In contrast with most other national or transnational revolutionaries, however, he has emphasized culture—mi…
The Arab uprising and the persistence of monarchy
Journal Article The Arab uprising and the persistence of monarchy Get access ROBERT S. SNYDER ROBERT S. SNYDER 1Professor of Political Science at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 91, Issue 5, September 2015, Pages 1027–1045, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12396 Published: 16 September 2015
The U.S. and third World Revolutionary States: Understanding the Breakdown in Relations
Although scholars focused on Soviet–American relations during the Cold War, the greatest number of conflicts for the U.S. occurred in the Third World, and most of these were with revolutionary states. Could U.S. policies toward the new revolutionary states have prevented the almost universal collapse in relations? Two dominant explanations for this breakdown are (1) American hostility toward revolutionary change and (2) Stephen Walt's variant of …
The End of Revolution
Revolution ushered in the modern world, but modernity has killed it. Scholars who examine the causes or contributing conditions of revolutions focus either on structure, agency, or ideas, yet an analysis of each perspective reveals that the alleged causes or conditions have declined or been eliminated. In spite of capitalism's global crisis in the late 1990s, the spread of liberalism and other factors should make revolutions unlikely to occur
Paths to Peace: Is Democracy the Answer? Miriam Fendius Elman
The Myth of Preemption: More Than a War Against Iraq
Hating America: Bin Laden as a Civilizational Revolutionary
Much of the literature on September 11 focuses on bin Laden as a terrorist or on the idea of a clash of civilizations. In criticizing both, this paper instead conceptualizes bin Laden as a “civilizational revolutionary.” As a revolutionary, bin Laden has sought to topple moderate regimes in the Middle East and to reestablish the caliphate. In contrast with most other national or transnational revolutionaries, however, he has emphasized culture—mi…
Bridging the Realist/Constructivist Divide: The Case of the Counterrevolution in Soviet Foreign Policy at the End of the Cold War
The surprising end of the Cold War has led to a debate within international relations (IR) theory. Constructivists have argued that the end of the Cold War is best explained in terms of ideas and agency—specifically Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev's new thinking. A few realists have countered that Soviet material decline was “endogenous” to the new ideas. Can these two theoretical perspectives be reconciled with respect to this case? They can …
Busying Giddy Minds
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Fall of the Berlin Wall: The Counterrevolution in Soviet Foreign Policy and the End of Communism
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War sparked a debate in the study of world politics. Scholars scampered to offer explanations for these unforeseen events. Some argued that the end of the Cold War demonstrated the importance of agency and ideas— specifically Mikhail Gorbachev's New Thinking. Others responded that traditional theories of power politics could explain the changes in Soviet foreign policy that transformed Eastern E…
The United States and Nicaragua: Understanding the Breakdown in Relations
Although the United States and Nicaragua maintained cooperative relations for a period after the Sandinista revolution of 1979, ties between the two states deteriorated. What explains the shift from cordial to hostile relations? The two dominant explanations have been that the aggressive policies of the new Reagan administration forced the Sandinista regime into a defensive position of hostility or that a downward spiral occurred based on the sec…
The Arab uprising and the persistence of monarchy
Journal Article The Arab uprising and the persistence of monarchy Get access ROBERT S. SNYDER ROBERT S. SNYDER 1Professor of Political Science at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 91, Issue 5, September 2015, Pages 1027–1045, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12396 Published: 16 September 2015
Ideology and Global Conflicts: Revolutionary Actors and Their Opposition to Liberalism
The concept of the revisionist state has been central to IR, and the literature demonstrates that they initiate international conflicts. As a subset of the revisionist state, revolutionary states in particular have been shown to foment international conflicts. Moreover, ideology has come to explain international conflicts, especially the Second World War, Cold War, and “War on Terror.” Nevertheless, the literature on revolutionary states discount…
Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis by Dianne Zorri, Houman Sadri, and David Ellis (review)
Reviewed by: Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis by Dianne Zorri, Houman Sadri, and David Ellis Robert Snyder Zorri, Dianne, Houman Sadri, and David Ellis, Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis. Tampa, FL: JSOU Press, 2021. [End Page 471] Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis by Dianne Zorri, Houman …
The Fall of Afghanistan: An American Tragedy
The conventional view has been that Trump and Biden made the correct decision to withdraw the US from Afghanistan, but the actual departure was flawed. On the contrary, the US should not have withdrawn and the actual departure was not a failure. The withdrawal was against the US’ larger strategic interests beyond counterterrorism. If it withdrew, it should not have done so unconditionally, for both its interests (including humanitarian) and asset…
Realist or Just Anti-Liberal? Trump's Foreign Policy in Retrospect
Donald Trump's foreign policy has been characterized as realist. His “America First” theme, economic nationalism, and scorn for traditional alliances and international norms are alleged evidence. But was Trump's foreign policy realist? Instead, it is better seen as anti-liberal. Trump was most realist in his recognition of China as a great power rival not committed to liberal values. But he was also a protectionist. With respect to Russia, Europe…
The Myth of Trump's transactional foreign policy—and Canada's response
Since the beginning of Trump's first presidency in 2017, his foreign policy has been characterized by scholars and journalists as “transactional.” According to this view, he has prioritized short-term economic gains over promoting principles and has been indifferent to other countries’ political systems when dealing with them. This paper argues, however, that since becoming president in 2025, Trump's foreign policy has shifted from a transactiona…
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