Terrence L Chapman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3876709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Terrence L Chapman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Terrence L |
| FAMILY NAME | Chapman |
| SIGNATURE | CHAPMAN T L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 279 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Can “Soft” Advice from International Organizations Catalyze Natural Resource Sector Reform
Can international organizations improve natural resource governance? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is most noted for its role in crisis lending, where it can wield the “teeth” of loan suspensions to push for reforms. But IMF officials also spend a large amount of time conducting routine surveillance through Article IV consultations, which assess a country’s economic developments and provide non-binding recommendations. Do governments foll…
The United Nations After 75: Assessing Current Understandings, Charting Fruitful Research Agendas
From its capacity for deploying joint operations in conflict zones to its status as a standard-bearing forum for international behaviour, the United Nations has asserted its relevance in a diverse array of issues and conflicts around the world. Equally as diverse has been the scholarship surrounding the United Nations over the past several decades. This collection of essays provides a snapshot of these diverse lines of scholarship, highlighting e…
Public Reactions to International Legal Institutions: The International Criminal Court in a Developing Democracy
We examine public attitudes concerning a possible investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC). We hypothesize that citizens tend to display lower levels of support for investigations in their own country than hypothetical ones abroad. We further argue that this decrease in support is moderated by a citizen's "proximity" to the investigation. Both perpetrators and victims of alleged crimes can be hesitant about legal interventions, wit…
Reassuring the Reluctant Warriors: U.S. Civil-Military Relations and Multilateral Intervention
What is the role of civil-military relations in the pursuit of multilateralism? Reassuring the Reluctant Warriors wades into a large body of literature on multilateralism, arguing that a central reason countries such as the United States value multilateral approval for military operations is that it affords comfort to military leaders who want to avoid open-ended and costly unilateral uses of force. Civilian leaders are often forced to seek multi…
The Domestic Politics of Strategic Retrenchment, Power Shifts, and Preventive War
We present a formal model of international bargaining between two states in which one government must negotiate with a domestic opposition faction to secure tax revenue for military spending. The model examines how robust the international order is to domestic political crises that activate a stark trade-off to a governing coalition. Namely, offering fiscal relief to stave off domestic revolution can simultaneously undermine the larger internatio…
Information and Institutions Redux: A Response to Fey, Jo, and Kenkel
In “Information and Institutions Revisited,” Fey et al. point out some corrections to the equilibrium analyzed in Chapman. In this brief response, we argue that while these corrections are appropriate, they do not address the larger substantive question of when conditions exist that would facilitate information transmission between an international security organization and a domestic audience. We show an equilibrium in which the core logic of th…
International bargaining, endogenous domestic constraints, and democratic accountability
How do domestic constraints affect international negotiations? Most existing research takes these constraints as given, owing to the presence of certain types of domestic institutions. We analyze a two-sided international bargaining model with endogenous domestic constraints. Our model includes a principal–agent tension between domestic audiences and leaders, and it shows how constraints may arise endogenously and be tailored to the strategic sit…
Ratification Patterns and the International Criminal Court1: Ratification Patterns and the ICC
What types of countries have ratified the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court? Because the court relies on state cooperation, it is a good example of a regime facing a "participation problem." In order to be effective, the regime requires active members, but states that fear regime effectiveness will therefore find it potentially costly to join. We analyze the extent to which this problem plagues the ICC. We find that count…
Securing Approval: Domestic Politics and Multilateral Authorization for War
International Organizations, Strategy, and Crisis Bargaining
We analyze a game-theoretic model of crisis bargaining in which a challenger state can consult an international organization whose decisions can affect its costs for war. We demonstrate that, first, while multilateral opposition lowers the probability of war by coordinating international opposition and increasing the costs of fighting multilateral support can increase the probability of war by coordinating support and lowering those costs. Second…
Audience Beliefs and International Organization Legitimacy
Recent work suggests that multilateral security institutions, such as the UN Security Council, can influence foreign policy through public opinion. According to this view, authorization can increase public support for foreign policy, freeing domestic constraints. Governments that feel constrained by public opinion may thus alter their foreign policies to garner external authorization. These claims challenge traditional realist views about the rol…
Unraveling the Ties Between Civic Institutions and Attitudes Toward Political Violence
Does a vibrant civil society lead to a more peaceful society? The notion that inclusive civic institutions can facilitate peaceful conflict resolution has become a cornerstone of economic development efforts, but little rigorous work tests this proposition. One obstacle to confirming this popular notion is the endogeneity of these institutions. It is difficult to tell whether civic institutions influence behavior or whether individuals who join c…
International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics, and Institutional Legitimacy
Scholars have devoted considerable attention to the informational role of international institutions. However, several questions about the informational aspects of institutional behavior remain underexplored: What determines how audiences respond to institutional decisions? Through what channels does information provision affect foreign policy? To answer these questions, I develop a formal model motivated by recent literature on the informational…
The United Nations Security Council and the Rally 'Round the Flag Effect
A principal agent model is used to test the hypothesis that when proposed uses of force attract the support of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the rally in support of the American president increases significantly. Regression analysis is applied to rallies during all militarized interstate disputes from 1945 to 2001. Results show that UN Security Council support significantly increases the rally behind the president (by as many as 9 poi…
The United Nations Security Council and the Rally 'Round the Flag Effect
A principal agent model is used to test the hypothesis that when proposed uses of force attract the support of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the rally in support of the American president increases significantly. Regression analysis is applied to rallies during all militarized interstate disputes from 1945 to 2001. Results show that UN Security Council support significantly increases the rally behind the president (by as many as 9 poi…
International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics, and Institutional Legitimacy
Scholars have devoted considerable attention to the informational role of international institutions. However, several questions about the informational aspects of institutional behavior remain underexplored: What determines how audiences respond to institutional decisions? Through what channels does information provision affect foreign policy? To answer these questions, I develop a formal model motivated by recent literature on the informational…
Audience Beliefs and International Organization Legitimacy
Recent work suggests that multilateral security institutions, such as the UN Security Council, can influence foreign policy through public opinion. According to this view, authorization can increase public support for foreign policy, freeing domestic constraints. Governments that feel constrained by public opinion may thus alter their foreign policies to garner external authorization. These claims challenge traditional realist views about the rol…
Ratification Patterns and the International Criminal Court1: Ratification Patterns and the ICC
What types of countries have ratified the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court? Because the court relies on state cooperation, it is a good example of a regime facing a "participation problem." In order to be effective, the regime requires active members, but states that fear regime effectiveness will therefore find it potentially costly to join. We analyze the extent to which this problem plagues the ICC. We find that count…
Public Reactions to International Legal Institutions: The International Criminal Court in a Developing Democracy
We examine public attitudes concerning a possible investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC). We hypothesize that citizens tend to display lower levels of support for investigations in their own country than hypothetical ones abroad. We further argue that this decrease in support is moderated by a citizen's "proximity" to the investigation. Both perpetrators and victims of alleged crimes can be hesitant about legal interventions, wit…
International Organizations, Strategy, and Crisis Bargaining
We analyze a game-theoretic model of crisis bargaining in which a challenger state can consult an international organization whose decisions can affect its costs for war. We demonstrate that, first, while multilateral opposition lowers the probability of war by coordinating international opposition and increasing the costs of fighting multilateral support can increase the probability of war by coordinating support and lowering those costs. Second…
The Domestic Politics of Strategic Retrenchment, Power Shifts, and Preventive War
We present a formal model of international bargaining between two states in which one government must negotiate with a domestic opposition faction to secure tax revenue for military spending. The model examines how robust the international order is to domestic political crises that activate a stark trade-off to a governing coalition. Namely, offering fiscal relief to stave off domestic revolution can simultaneously undermine the larger internatio…
International bargaining, endogenous domestic constraints, and democratic accountability
How do domestic constraints affect international negotiations? Most existing research takes these constraints as given, owing to the presence of certain types of domestic institutions. We analyze a two-sided international bargaining model with endogenous domestic constraints. Our model includes a principal–agent tension between domestic audiences and leaders, and it shows how constraints may arise endogenously and be tailored to the strategic sit…
Unraveling the Ties Between Civic Institutions and Attitudes Toward Political Violence
Does a vibrant civil society lead to a more peaceful society? The notion that inclusive civic institutions can facilitate peaceful conflict resolution has become a cornerstone of economic development efforts, but little rigorous work tests this proposition. One obstacle to confirming this popular notion is the endogeneity of these institutions. It is difficult to tell whether civic institutions influence behavior or whether individuals who join c…
Can “Soft” Advice from International Organizations Catalyze Natural Resource Sector Reform
Can international organizations improve natural resource governance? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is most noted for its role in crisis lending, where it can wield the “teeth” of loan suspensions to push for reforms. But IMF officials also spend a large amount of time conducting routine surveillance through Article IV consultations, which assess a country’s economic developments and provide non-binding recommendations. Do governments foll…
The United Nations Security Council and the Rally 'Round the Flag Effect
A principal agent model is used to test the hypothesis that when proposed uses of force attract the support of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the rally in support of the American president increases significantly. Regression analysis is applied to rallies during all militarized interstate disputes from 1945 to 2001. Results show that UN Security Council support significantly increases the rally behind the president (by as many as 9 poi…
International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics, and Institutional Legitimacy
Scholars have devoted considerable attention to the informational role of international institutions. However, several questions about the informational aspects of institutional behavior remain underexplored: What determines how audiences respond to institutional decisions? Through what channels does information provision affect foreign policy? To answer these questions, I develop a formal model motivated by recent literature on the informational…
Unraveling the Ties Between Civic Institutions and Attitudes Toward Political Violence
Does a vibrant civil society lead to a more peaceful society? The notion that inclusive civic institutions can facilitate peaceful conflict resolution has become a cornerstone of economic development efforts, but little rigorous work tests this proposition. One obstacle to confirming this popular notion is the endogeneity of these institutions. It is difficult to tell whether civic institutions influence behavior or whether individuals who join c…
Audience Beliefs and International Organization Legitimacy
Recent work suggests that multilateral security institutions, such as the UN Security Council, can influence foreign policy through public opinion. According to this view, authorization can increase public support for foreign policy, freeing domestic constraints. Governments that feel constrained by public opinion may thus alter their foreign policies to garner external authorization. These claims challenge traditional realist views about the rol…
International Organizations, Strategy, and Crisis Bargaining
We analyze a game-theoretic model of crisis bargaining in which a challenger state can consult an international organization whose decisions can affect its costs for war. We demonstrate that, first, while multilateral opposition lowers the probability of war by coordinating international opposition and increasing the costs of fighting multilateral support can increase the probability of war by coordinating support and lowering those costs. Second…
Securing Approval: Domestic Politics and Multilateral Authorization for War
Information and Institutions Redux: A Response to Fey, Jo, and Kenkel
In “Information and Institutions Revisited,” Fey et al. point out some corrections to the equilibrium analyzed in Chapman. In this brief response, we argue that while these corrections are appropriate, they do not address the larger substantive question of when conditions exist that would facilitate information transmission between an international security organization and a domestic audience. We show an equilibrium in which the core logic of th…
International bargaining, endogenous domestic constraints, and democratic accountability
How do domestic constraints affect international negotiations? Most existing research takes these constraints as given, owing to the presence of certain types of domestic institutions. We analyze a two-sided international bargaining model with endogenous domestic constraints. Our model includes a principal–agent tension between domestic audiences and leaders, and it shows how constraints may arise endogenously and be tailored to the strategic sit…
Ratification Patterns and the International Criminal Court1: Ratification Patterns and the ICC
What types of countries have ratified the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court? Because the court relies on state cooperation, it is a good example of a regime facing a "participation problem." In order to be effective, the regime requires active members, but states that fear regime effectiveness will therefore find it potentially costly to join. We analyze the extent to which this problem plagues the ICC. We find that count…
The Domestic Politics of Strategic Retrenchment, Power Shifts, and Preventive War
We present a formal model of international bargaining between two states in which one government must negotiate with a domestic opposition faction to secure tax revenue for military spending. The model examines how robust the international order is to domestic political crises that activate a stark trade-off to a governing coalition. Namely, offering fiscal relief to stave off domestic revolution can simultaneously undermine the larger internatio…
Reassuring the Reluctant Warriors: U.S. Civil-Military Relations and Multilateral Intervention
What is the role of civil-military relations in the pursuit of multilateralism? Reassuring the Reluctant Warriors wades into a large body of literature on multilateralism, arguing that a central reason countries such as the United States value multilateral approval for military operations is that it affords comfort to military leaders who want to avoid open-ended and costly unilateral uses of force. Civilian leaders are often forced to seek multi…
Public Reactions to International Legal Institutions: The International Criminal Court in a Developing Democracy
We examine public attitudes concerning a possible investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC). We hypothesize that citizens tend to display lower levels of support for investigations in their own country than hypothetical ones abroad. We further argue that this decrease in support is moderated by a citizen's "proximity" to the investigation. Both perpetrators and victims of alleged crimes can be hesitant about legal interventions, wit…
The United Nations After 75: Assessing Current Understandings, Charting Fruitful Research Agendas
From its capacity for deploying joint operations in conflict zones to its status as a standard-bearing forum for international behaviour, the United Nations has asserted its relevance in a diverse array of issues and conflicts around the world. Equally as diverse has been the scholarship surrounding the United Nations over the past several decades. This collection of essays provides a snapshot of these diverse lines of scholarship, highlighting e…
Can “Soft” Advice from International Organizations Catalyze Natural Resource Sector Reform
Can international organizations improve natural resource governance? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is most noted for its role in crisis lending, where it can wield the “teeth” of loan suspensions to push for reforms. But IMF officials also spend a large amount of time conducting routine surveillance through Article IV consultations, which assess a country’s economic developments and provide non-binding recommendations. Do governments foll…
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