Christopher Sprecher
Biographic Data
| ID | 325029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Sprecher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Sprecher |
| SIGNATURE | SPRECHER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 178 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Sanctions, Signals, and Militarized Conflict
Economic sanctions are frequently used as a tool of foreign policy, described by some as falling between diplomacy and military force. An important question regarding the use of sanctions is whether they can function as an alternative to military force by demonstrating the sender's resolve and making military force unnecessary, or if their use tends to result in an increased probability that military force will be used. Based on a theory of sanct…
Arab Behaviour Towards Israel: Strategic Avoidance or Exploiting Opportunities
Scholars often observe that the foreign policies of states are not made in a vacuum but rather are determined or moulded to a significant degree by the external and internal actions of rivals. Domestic unrest is often considered a potential impetus for changing strategic behaviour. Leaders may be tempted to employ force externally to divert attention away from domestic unrest. The intended result is a ‘rally round the flag’ effect that culminates…
Alliances, Armed Conflict, and Cooperation: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Evidence
Alliances are subject to many scholarly inquiries in international relations and peace research because they are major instruments of foreign and security policies. Since the early work on alliances produced by the Correlates of War (COW) project, there have been significant advances in conceptual, theoretical, and empirical alliance research. New typologies and data permit us to differentiate more thoroughly among a variety of alliance objective…
The Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy Behavior in Middle Eastern Enduring Rivals, 1948-1998: The Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy Behavior
Rivalry-related issues tend to dominate the foreign policy agenda of states in enduring rivalries. Thus, the enduring rivalry research program provides an important framework for foreign policy analysis. This paper probes the domestic elements of strategic interaction in the three main Middle Eastern rivalries: Israel–Egypt, Israel–Jordan, and Israel–Syria. The empirical tests probe whether the number of parties represented in Israel's cabinet an…
Alliance Formation and the Timing of War Involvement
(2004). Alliance Formation and the Timing of War Involvement. International Interactions: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 331-347
Causes and Consequences of Military Alliances: Concepts, Theory, Evidence
(2004). Causes and Consequences of Military Alliances: Concepts, Theory, Evidence. International Interactions: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 281-283
Initial Crisis Reaction and Poliheuristic Theory
Poliheuristic (PH) theory models foreign policy decisions using a two-stage process. The first step eliminates alternatives on the basis of a simplifying heuristic. The second step involves a selection from amongthe remaining alternatives and can employ a more rational and compensatory means of processing information. The PH model posits that strategic/realist factors are more important in the second step of the process. The model is tested for t…
Israeli Military Actions and Internalization-externalization Processes
As a manifestation of its self-reliance doctrine, the state of Israel has acted unilaterally in the military realm throughout its history. Several scholars have also linked Israeli actions to elections and the economy in the context of diversionary theory. Hypotheses derived from earlier empirical work on internalization-externalization linkages and additional causal hypotheses are tested to enhance diversionary theory. Vector autoregression (VAR…
Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union . Kjell A. Eliassen Norway, European Integration and Atlantic Security . Clive Archer , Ingrid Sogner
Institutional Constraints, Political Opposition, And Interstate Dispute Escalation: Evidence from Parliamentary Systems, 1946-89
Research on the `democratic peace' has received considerable attention in the last few years. Democracies, though, are often thrown together when examining the propensity of different regime types to become engaged in international conflict. Yet, democratic governments vary dramatically across nation-states. Whether it be presidential versus parliamentary, or multi-party versus single-party, democratic states clearly differ in the structure of th…
Sanctions, Signals, and Militarized Conflict
Economic sanctions are frequently used as a tool of foreign policy, described by some as falling between diplomacy and military force. An important question regarding the use of sanctions is whether they can function as an alternative to military force by demonstrating the sender's resolve and making military force unnecessary, or if their use tends to result in an increased probability that military force will be used. Based on a theory of sanct…
Israeli Military Actions and Internalization-externalization Processes
As a manifestation of its self-reliance doctrine, the state of Israel has acted unilaterally in the military realm throughout its history. Several scholars have also linked Israeli actions to elections and the economy in the context of diversionary theory. Hypotheses derived from earlier empirical work on internalization-externalization linkages and additional causal hypotheses are tested to enhance diversionary theory. Vector autoregression (VAR…
Institutional Constraints, Political Opposition, And Interstate Dispute Escalation: Evidence from Parliamentary Systems, 1946-89
Research on the `democratic peace' has received considerable attention in the last few years. Democracies, though, are often thrown together when examining the propensity of different regime types to become engaged in international conflict. Yet, democratic governments vary dramatically across nation-states. Whether it be presidential versus parliamentary, or multi-party versus single-party, democratic states clearly differ in the structure of th…
Initial Crisis Reaction and Poliheuristic Theory
Poliheuristic (PH) theory models foreign policy decisions using a two-stage process. The first step eliminates alternatives on the basis of a simplifying heuristic. The second step involves a selection from amongthe remaining alternatives and can employ a more rational and compensatory means of processing information. The PH model posits that strategic/realist factors are more important in the second step of the process. The model is tested for t…
Alliances, Armed Conflict, and Cooperation: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Evidence
Alliances are subject to many scholarly inquiries in international relations and peace research because they are major instruments of foreign and security policies. Since the early work on alliances produced by the Correlates of War (COW) project, there have been significant advances in conceptual, theoretical, and empirical alliance research. New typologies and data permit us to differentiate more thoroughly among a variety of alliance objective…
The Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy Behavior in Middle Eastern Enduring Rivals, 1948-1998: The Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy Behavior
Rivalry-related issues tend to dominate the foreign policy agenda of states in enduring rivalries. Thus, the enduring rivalry research program provides an important framework for foreign policy analysis. This paper probes the domestic elements of strategic interaction in the three main Middle Eastern rivalries: Israel–Egypt, Israel–Jordan, and Israel–Syria. The empirical tests probe whether the number of parties represented in Israel's cabinet an…
Arab Behaviour Towards Israel: Strategic Avoidance or Exploiting Opportunities
Scholars often observe that the foreign policies of states are not made in a vacuum but rather are determined or moulded to a significant degree by the external and internal actions of rivals. Domestic unrest is often considered a potential impetus for changing strategic behaviour. Leaders may be tempted to employ force externally to divert attention away from domestic unrest. The intended result is a ‘rally round the flag’ effect that culminates…
Alliance Formation and the Timing of War Involvement
(2004). Alliance Formation and the Timing of War Involvement. International Interactions: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 331-347
Causes and Consequences of Military Alliances: Concepts, Theory, Evidence
(2004). Causes and Consequences of Military Alliances: Concepts, Theory, Evidence. International Interactions: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 281-283
Institutional Constraints, Political Opposition, And Interstate Dispute Escalation: Evidence from Parliamentary Systems, 1946-89
Research on the `democratic peace' has received considerable attention in the last few years. Democracies, though, are often thrown together when examining the propensity of different regime types to become engaged in international conflict. Yet, democratic governments vary dramatically across nation-states. Whether it be presidential versus parliamentary, or multi-party versus single-party, democratic states clearly differ in the structure of th…
Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union . Kjell A. Eliassen Norway, European Integration and Atlantic Security . Clive Archer , Ingrid Sogner
Israeli Military Actions and Internalization-externalization Processes
As a manifestation of its self-reliance doctrine, the state of Israel has acted unilaterally in the military realm throughout its history. Several scholars have also linked Israeli actions to elections and the economy in the context of diversionary theory. Hypotheses derived from earlier empirical work on internalization-externalization linkages and additional causal hypotheses are tested to enhance diversionary theory. Vector autoregression (VAR…
Alliance Formation and the Timing of War Involvement
(2004). Alliance Formation and the Timing of War Involvement. International Interactions: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 331-347
Causes and Consequences of Military Alliances: Concepts, Theory, Evidence
(2004). Causes and Consequences of Military Alliances: Concepts, Theory, Evidence. International Interactions: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 281-283
Initial Crisis Reaction and Poliheuristic Theory
Poliheuristic (PH) theory models foreign policy decisions using a two-stage process. The first step eliminates alternatives on the basis of a simplifying heuristic. The second step involves a selection from amongthe remaining alternatives and can employ a more rational and compensatory means of processing information. The PH model posits that strategic/realist factors are more important in the second step of the process. The model is tested for t…
The Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy Behavior in Middle Eastern Enduring Rivals, 1948-1998: The Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy Behavior
Rivalry-related issues tend to dominate the foreign policy agenda of states in enduring rivalries. Thus, the enduring rivalry research program provides an important framework for foreign policy analysis. This paper probes the domestic elements of strategic interaction in the three main Middle Eastern rivalries: Israel–Egypt, Israel–Jordan, and Israel–Syria. The empirical tests probe whether the number of parties represented in Israel's cabinet an…
Arab Behaviour Towards Israel: Strategic Avoidance or Exploiting Opportunities
Scholars often observe that the foreign policies of states are not made in a vacuum but rather are determined or moulded to a significant degree by the external and internal actions of rivals. Domestic unrest is often considered a potential impetus for changing strategic behaviour. Leaders may be tempted to employ force externally to divert attention away from domestic unrest. The intended result is a ‘rally round the flag’ effect that culminates…
Alliances, Armed Conflict, and Cooperation: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Evidence
Alliances are subject to many scholarly inquiries in international relations and peace research because they are major instruments of foreign and security policies. Since the early work on alliances produced by the Correlates of War (COW) project, there have been significant advances in conceptual, theoretical, and empirical alliance research. New typologies and data permit us to differentiate more thoroughly among a variety of alliance objective…
Sanctions, Signals, and Militarized Conflict
Economic sanctions are frequently used as a tool of foreign policy, described by some as falling between diplomacy and military force. An important question regarding the use of sanctions is whether they can function as an alternative to military force by demonstrating the sender's resolve and making military force unnecessary, or if their use tends to result in an increased probability that military force will be used. Based on a theory of sanct…
Economics (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Law (9 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · International Development and Aid (5 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (5 works) · Foreign policy (4 works)