Timothy W Crawford
Biographic Data
| ID | 3876549 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy W Crawford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy W |
| FAMILY NAME | Crawford |
| SIGNATURE | CRAWFORD T W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-8258-735X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Dark corners of alliance politics: Alliance theory concepts and great power competition
The Power to Divide: Wedge Strategies in Great Power Competition
This book examines the use of wedge strategies, a form of divisive statecraft designed to isolate adversaries from allies and potential supporters to gain key advantages. With a multidimensional argument about the power of accommodation in competition, and a survey of alliance diplomacy around both world wars, the book artfully analyzes the past and future performance of wedge strategy in great power politics. It argues that nations attempting to…
How to Distance Russia from China
Military alignment between Russia and China is increasing.1 Although some still downplay its significance, alarm is warranted.2 Many perceive the dangerous trend but conclude that the United States
Arms Control as Wedge Strategy: How Arms Limitation Deals Divide Alliances
Strategic arms control is in crisis. The United States and Russia have retreated from agreements that formed the framework for post–Cold War arms cuts and strategic stability, such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The only strategic arms control agreement between the United States and Russia (i.e., New START) expires in 2026. The political fo…
Power to Divide: Wedge Strategies in Great Power Competition
The Alliance Politics of Concerted Accommodation: Entente Bargaining and Italian and Ottoman Interventions in the First World War
This article examines the challenges allies face in coordinating diplomatic efforts to accommodate and peel off their main enemy's potential allies. It elucidates the key dimensions, and the underlying coordination dynamics, of this problem of “concerted accommodation,” and it develops propositions about the conditions that shape the efficacy of such efforts. The argument links allies’ strength to their divergent or convergent assessments of the …
Preventing Enemy Coalitions: How Wedge Strategies Shape Power Politics
States use wedge strategies to prevent hostile alliances from forming or to disperse those that have formed. These strategies can cause power alignments that are otherwise unlikely to occur, and thus have significant consequences for international politics. How do such strategies work and what conditions promote their success? The wedge strategies that are likely to have significant effects use selective accommodation—concessions, compensations, …
Signals of Remorse and Perceptions of Threat
Although apologies are often insincere, and we tend to discount them when the giver is motivated by blatant self-interest, they are nevertheless important signals of benign intent. For if they are fudged (or not made at all) in situations that patently call for a decent apology, we get an indication not just of how the party views its past behavior but also of what it might consider to be acceptable behavior in the future. In Sorry States, Jennif…
Wedge Strategy, Balancing, and the Deviant Case of Spain, 1940–41
Wedge strategies seek to divide alliances or to prevent them from forming. Despite their importance in balance of power politics, they have not received systematic attention in security studies. This article corrects that problem. First, it develops a concept of wedge strategy that connects it to balancing behavior and shows how the phenomenon can help to explain “alignment anomalies” in international politics. Second, it mounts an intensive stud…
Introduction: Debating the hazards of intervention
The concept of moral hazard invites controversy because it appears to impugn the motives and character of seemingly innocent victims. It argues that, when people are protected by insurance, some of
Moral hazard, intervention and internal war: A conceptual analysis
Intervention may cause as well as calm internal wars. One way it may cause them is captured by the concept of moral hazard, which suggests that domestic groups which would not otherwise resort to political violence may be encouraged to do so by the prospect of outside support. In this piece we unpack and examine the descriptive and causal logic of that concept of moral hazard. First, we explore the links from our concept of moral hazard to more g…
Pivotal Deterrence: Third-Party Statecraft and the Pursuit of Peace
Kennedy and Kashmir, 1962–63: The perils of pivotal peacemaking in South Asia
(2002). Kennedy and Kashmir, 1962–63: The perils of pivotal peacemaking in South Asia. India Review: Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1-38
Alexander Hamilton's Revenge? Executive Power and American Foreign Policy Revisited
Pivotal Deterrence and the Kosovo War: Why the Holbrooke Agreement Failed
Political Science QuarterlyVolume 116, Issue 4 p. 499-523 Pivotal Deterrence and the Kosovo War: Why the Holbrooke Agreement Failed TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD, TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD is a John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution.Search for more papers by this author TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD, TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD is a John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies…
Entangling Relations: American Foreign Policy in Its Century
Why Minimum Force Won’t Work: Doctrine and Deterrence in Bosnia and Beyond
Preventing Enemy Coalitions: How Wedge Strategies Shape Power Politics
States use wedge strategies to prevent hostile alliances from forming or to disperse those that have formed. These strategies can cause power alignments that are otherwise unlikely to occur, and thus have significant consequences for international politics. How do such strategies work and what conditions promote their success? The wedge strategies that are likely to have significant effects use selective accommodation—concessions, compensations, …
Pivotal Deterrence: Third-Party Statecraft and the Pursuit of Peace
Moral hazard, intervention and internal war: A conceptual analysis
Intervention may cause as well as calm internal wars. One way it may cause them is captured by the concept of moral hazard, which suggests that domestic groups which would not otherwise resort to political violence may be encouraged to do so by the prospect of outside support. In this piece we unpack and examine the descriptive and causal logic of that concept of moral hazard. First, we explore the links from our concept of moral hazard to more g…
Pivotal Deterrence and the Kosovo War: Why the Holbrooke Agreement Failed
Political Science QuarterlyVolume 116, Issue 4 p. 499-523 Pivotal Deterrence and the Kosovo War: Why the Holbrooke Agreement Failed TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD, TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD is a John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution.Search for more papers by this author TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD, TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD is a John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies…
Wedge Strategy, Balancing, and the Deviant Case of Spain, 1940–41
Wedge strategies seek to divide alliances or to prevent them from forming. Despite their importance in balance of power politics, they have not received systematic attention in security studies. This article corrects that problem. First, it develops a concept of wedge strategy that connects it to balancing behavior and shows how the phenomenon can help to explain “alignment anomalies” in international politics. Second, it mounts an intensive stud…
Dark corners of alliance politics: Alliance theory concepts and great power competition
The Alliance Politics of Concerted Accommodation: Entente Bargaining and Italian and Ottoman Interventions in the First World War
This article examines the challenges allies face in coordinating diplomatic efforts to accommodate and peel off their main enemy's potential allies. It elucidates the key dimensions, and the underlying coordination dynamics, of this problem of “concerted accommodation,” and it develops propositions about the conditions that shape the efficacy of such efforts. The argument links allies’ strength to their divergent or convergent assessments of the …
How to Distance Russia from China
Military alignment between Russia and China is increasing.1 Although some still downplay its significance, alarm is warranted.2 Many perceive the dangerous trend but conclude that the United States
Arms Control as Wedge Strategy: How Arms Limitation Deals Divide Alliances
Strategic arms control is in crisis. The United States and Russia have retreated from agreements that formed the framework for post–Cold War arms cuts and strategic stability, such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The only strategic arms control agreement between the United States and Russia (i.e., New START) expires in 2026. The political fo…
Introduction: Debating the hazards of intervention
The concept of moral hazard invites controversy because it appears to impugn the motives and character of seemingly innocent victims. It argues that, when people are protected by insurance, some of
Why Minimum Force Won’t Work: Doctrine and Deterrence in Bosnia and Beyond
Why Minimum Force Won’t Work: Doctrine and Deterrence in Bosnia and Beyond
Entangling Relations: American Foreign Policy in Its Century
Alexander Hamilton's Revenge? Executive Power and American Foreign Policy Revisited
Pivotal Deterrence and the Kosovo War: Why the Holbrooke Agreement Failed
Political Science QuarterlyVolume 116, Issue 4 p. 499-523 Pivotal Deterrence and the Kosovo War: Why the Holbrooke Agreement Failed TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD, TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD is a John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution.Search for more papers by this author TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD, TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD TIMOTHY W. CRAWFORD is a John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies…
Kennedy and Kashmir, 1962–63: The perils of pivotal peacemaking in South Asia
(2002). Kennedy and Kashmir, 1962–63: The perils of pivotal peacemaking in South Asia. India Review: Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1-38
Introduction: Debating the hazards of intervention
The concept of moral hazard invites controversy because it appears to impugn the motives and character of seemingly innocent victims. It argues that, when people are protected by insurance, some of
Moral hazard, intervention and internal war: A conceptual analysis
Intervention may cause as well as calm internal wars. One way it may cause them is captured by the concept of moral hazard, which suggests that domestic groups which would not otherwise resort to political violence may be encouraged to do so by the prospect of outside support. In this piece we unpack and examine the descriptive and causal logic of that concept of moral hazard. First, we explore the links from our concept of moral hazard to more g…
Pivotal Deterrence: Third-Party Statecraft and the Pursuit of Peace
Wedge Strategy, Balancing, and the Deviant Case of Spain, 1940–41
Wedge strategies seek to divide alliances or to prevent them from forming. Despite their importance in balance of power politics, they have not received systematic attention in security studies. This article corrects that problem. First, it develops a concept of wedge strategy that connects it to balancing behavior and shows how the phenomenon can help to explain “alignment anomalies” in international politics. Second, it mounts an intensive stud…
Signals of Remorse and Perceptions of Threat
Although apologies are often insincere, and we tend to discount them when the giver is motivated by blatant self-interest, they are nevertheless important signals of benign intent. For if they are fudged (or not made at all) in situations that patently call for a decent apology, we get an indication not just of how the party views its past behavior but also of what it might consider to be acceptable behavior in the future. In Sorry States, Jennif…
Preventing Enemy Coalitions: How Wedge Strategies Shape Power Politics
States use wedge strategies to prevent hostile alliances from forming or to disperse those that have formed. These strategies can cause power alignments that are otherwise unlikely to occur, and thus have significant consequences for international politics. How do such strategies work and what conditions promote their success? The wedge strategies that are likely to have significant effects use selective accommodation—concessions, compensations, …
The Alliance Politics of Concerted Accommodation: Entente Bargaining and Italian and Ottoman Interventions in the First World War
This article examines the challenges allies face in coordinating diplomatic efforts to accommodate and peel off their main enemy's potential allies. It elucidates the key dimensions, and the underlying coordination dynamics, of this problem of “concerted accommodation,” and it develops propositions about the conditions that shape the efficacy of such efforts. The argument links allies’ strength to their divergent or convergent assessments of the …
The Power to Divide: Wedge Strategies in Great Power Competition
This book examines the use of wedge strategies, a form of divisive statecraft designed to isolate adversaries from allies and potential supporters to gain key advantages. With a multidimensional argument about the power of accommodation in competition, and a survey of alliance diplomacy around both world wars, the book artfully analyzes the past and future performance of wedge strategy in great power politics. It argues that nations attempting to…
How to Distance Russia from China
Military alignment between Russia and China is increasing.1 Although some still downplay its significance, alarm is warranted.2 Many perceive the dangerous trend but conclude that the United States
Arms Control as Wedge Strategy: How Arms Limitation Deals Divide Alliances
Strategic arms control is in crisis. The United States and Russia have retreated from agreements that formed the framework for post–Cold War arms cuts and strategic stability, such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The only strategic arms control agreement between the United States and Russia (i.e., New START) expires in 2026. The political fo…
Power to Divide: Wedge Strategies in Great Power Competition
Dark corners of alliance politics: Alliance theory concepts and great power competition
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