Yi Edward Yang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4099467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yi Edward Yang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yi Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Yang |
| SIGNATURE | YANG Y E |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Madison University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8234-5915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Perceptions of China Among American Elites: Sources and Change 1979–2022
This study examines and traces the evolution of U.S. elites’ views of China from 1979 to 2022, as revealed in the pages of Foreign Affairs, long a window into the thinking of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. Specifically, this study identifies and seeks to explain variation, over time, in (1) the perceived importance or “attention intensity” devoted to China; (2) the perceived salience of key issues in the U.S.-China relationship; (3) the l…
Decision-Making in U.S. Foreign Policy Crises: Presidential Leadership and Outcomes
Scholars of foreign policy decision-making have argued that international interactions ultimately are grounded in people acting singly or in groups. Unfortunately, data limitations prevent many of these crucial foreign policy decision-making theories from being rigorously tested and systematically compared with theories from alternative perspectives. A promising approach to remedying this deficiency is the addition of decision-making variables to…
China’s Strategic Narratives in Global Governance Reform under Xi Jinping
Beijing has long sought to shape global narratives about China. The Xi Jinping administration not only continued that effort but also added an entirely new dimension: it now seeks to use discourse power, particularly through formulating and promoting strategic narratives, to reshape the international system itself. Drawing upon social identity theory (SIT) and strategic narratives framework, this study shows that Beijing employs a multifaceted na…
Bridging Chinese Foreign Policy Studies and Foreign Policy Analysis: Towards a Research Agenda for Mutual Gains
Introduction to China’s Economic Statecraft: Rising Influences, Mixed Results
An Operational Code Analysis of China’s National Defense White Papers: 1998-2015
American Power and Security during the Bosnian War (1993–1995): National Identity, Credibility, and the ‘Stalemate Machine’
This manuscript uses recently declassified documents to examine the factors shaping US policy toward Bosnia from 1993 to 1995. Drawing upon IR theoretical insights from constructivism and realism, these documents reveal that the halting and inconsistent nature of US actions during this period can be explained by a mismatch between US identity-driven goals and the constraints of the post-Cold War world. Having committed themselves to bold yet larg…
Problem Representation, Option Generation, and Poliheuristic Theory: An Experimental Analysis
Poliheuristic (PH) theory has received strong empirical support for its depiction of the option selection process: it explains how leaders evaluate, weigh, and ultimately choose among a set of policy options. But PH theory does not explain how this initial set of options is generated. Foreign policy problem representation (PR) research has shown that the way in which leaders mentally represent decision problems determines which options are genera…
Examining China’s Official Media Perception of the United States: A Content Analysis of People’s Daily Coverage
The ‘China Threat’ through the Lens of US Print Media: 1992–2006
China scholars have examined the 'China threat' theory from various theoretical perspectives, offered a range of explanations for the theory's emergence and forecast the potential implications for US–China relations. However, few scholars have empirically studied the 'China threat' theory through the lens of the US media. This is a critical oversight, because the media plays a pivotal role in shaping US public opinion and US foreign policy, and t…
Experimental Approaches to International Relations: Experimental Approaches to International Relations
A growing number of studies in international relations use experiments.Roth (1995) discusses at least three purposes for experiments: (i) testing theoretically derived models, or ''speaking to theorists''; (ii) data generation, which he called ''searching for facts,''; and (iii) ''searching for meaning,'' referring to policy applications, which he described as ''whispering in the ears of princes.''Experiments in international relations have typic…
Leaders' Conceptual Complexity and Foreign Policy Change: Comparing the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Foreign Policies toward China
Present research on foreign policy change (FPC) focuses on systemic-structural variables and domestic politics as key causal factors motivating states to change their foreign policy behaviour. Recent works also look towards decision context and bureaucratic politics to explain FPC.1 In this article, I concur with Walter Carlsnaes2 in arguing that attention should focus more on exploring the role of human agents, i.e. leaders that make actual fore…
Empathy and Strategic Interaction in Crises: A Poliheuristic Perspective
Empirical evidence supports the poliheuristic (PH) theory of decision making, which states that leaders typically employ a two-stage non-compensatory decision-making process. In stage one leaders reject options that do not meet some minimum criteria of acceptability on one or more dimensions, and in stage two they choose among the remaining options using a more rational utility-maximizing rule. While PH theory has primarily been applied at the mo…
Leadership Style, Decision Context, and the Poliheuristic Theory of Decision Making: An Experimental Analysis
The poliheuristic (PH) theory of decision making has made important contributions to our understanding of political decision making but remains silent about certain key aspects of the decision process. Specifically, PH theory contends that leaders screen out politically unacceptable options, but it provides no guidance on (1) the crucial threshold at which leaders reject options as politically unacceptable, (2) whether this threshold varies acros…
The ‘China Threat’ through the Lens of US Print Media: 1992–2006
China scholars have examined the 'China threat' theory from various theoretical perspectives, offered a range of explanations for the theory's emergence and forecast the potential implications for US–China relations. However, few scholars have empirically studied the 'China threat' theory through the lens of the US media. This is a critical oversight, because the media plays a pivotal role in shaping US public opinion and US foreign policy, and t…
Experimental Approaches to International Relations: Experimental Approaches to International Relations
A growing number of studies in international relations use experiments.Roth (1995) discusses at least three purposes for experiments: (i) testing theoretically derived models, or ''speaking to theorists''; (ii) data generation, which he called ''searching for facts,''; and (iii) ''searching for meaning,'' referring to policy applications, which he described as ''whispering in the ears of princes.''Experiments in international relations have typic…
Leadership Style, Decision Context, and the Poliheuristic Theory of Decision Making: An Experimental Analysis
The poliheuristic (PH) theory of decision making has made important contributions to our understanding of political decision making but remains silent about certain key aspects of the decision process. Specifically, PH theory contends that leaders screen out politically unacceptable options, but it provides no guidance on (1) the crucial threshold at which leaders reject options as politically unacceptable, (2) whether this threshold varies acros…
China’s Strategic Narratives in Global Governance Reform under Xi Jinping
Beijing has long sought to shape global narratives about China. The Xi Jinping administration not only continued that effort but also added an entirely new dimension: it now seeks to use discourse power, particularly through formulating and promoting strategic narratives, to reshape the international system itself. Drawing upon social identity theory (SIT) and strategic narratives framework, this study shows that Beijing employs a multifaceted na…
Examining China’s Official Media Perception of the United States: A Content Analysis of People’s Daily Coverage
Leaders' Conceptual Complexity and Foreign Policy Change: Comparing the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Foreign Policies toward China
Present research on foreign policy change (FPC) focuses on systemic-structural variables and domestic politics as key causal factors motivating states to change their foreign policy behaviour. Recent works also look towards decision context and bureaucratic politics to explain FPC.1 In this article, I concur with Walter Carlsnaes2 in arguing that attention should focus more on exploring the role of human agents, i.e. leaders that make actual fore…
Empathy and Strategic Interaction in Crises: A Poliheuristic Perspective
Empirical evidence supports the poliheuristic (PH) theory of decision making, which states that leaders typically employ a two-stage non-compensatory decision-making process. In stage one leaders reject options that do not meet some minimum criteria of acceptability on one or more dimensions, and in stage two they choose among the remaining options using a more rational utility-maximizing rule. While PH theory has primarily been applied at the mo…
Problem Representation, Option Generation, and Poliheuristic Theory: An Experimental Analysis
Poliheuristic (PH) theory has received strong empirical support for its depiction of the option selection process: it explains how leaders evaluate, weigh, and ultimately choose among a set of policy options. But PH theory does not explain how this initial set of options is generated. Foreign policy problem representation (PR) research has shown that the way in which leaders mentally represent decision problems determines which options are genera…
Decision-Making in U.S. Foreign Policy Crises: Presidential Leadership and Outcomes
Scholars of foreign policy decision-making have argued that international interactions ultimately are grounded in people acting singly or in groups. Unfortunately, data limitations prevent many of these crucial foreign policy decision-making theories from being rigorously tested and systematically compared with theories from alternative perspectives. A promising approach to remedying this deficiency is the addition of decision-making variables to…
An Operational Code Analysis of China’s National Defense White Papers: 1998-2015
Bridging Chinese Foreign Policy Studies and Foreign Policy Analysis: Towards a Research Agenda for Mutual Gains
Leadership Style, Decision Context, and the Poliheuristic Theory of Decision Making: An Experimental Analysis
The poliheuristic (PH) theory of decision making has made important contributions to our understanding of political decision making but remains silent about certain key aspects of the decision process. Specifically, PH theory contends that leaders screen out politically unacceptable options, but it provides no guidance on (1) the crucial threshold at which leaders reject options as politically unacceptable, (2) whether this threshold varies acros…
Empathy and Strategic Interaction in Crises: A Poliheuristic Perspective
Empirical evidence supports the poliheuristic (PH) theory of decision making, which states that leaders typically employ a two-stage non-compensatory decision-making process. In stage one leaders reject options that do not meet some minimum criteria of acceptability on one or more dimensions, and in stage two they choose among the remaining options using a more rational utility-maximizing rule. While PH theory has primarily been applied at the mo…
Leaders' Conceptual Complexity and Foreign Policy Change: Comparing the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Foreign Policies toward China
Present research on foreign policy change (FPC) focuses on systemic-structural variables and domestic politics as key causal factors motivating states to change their foreign policy behaviour. Recent works also look towards decision context and bureaucratic politics to explain FPC.1 In this article, I concur with Walter Carlsnaes2 in arguing that attention should focus more on exploring the role of human agents, i.e. leaders that make actual fore…
Experimental Approaches to International Relations: Experimental Approaches to International Relations
A growing number of studies in international relations use experiments.Roth (1995) discusses at least three purposes for experiments: (i) testing theoretically derived models, or ''speaking to theorists''; (ii) data generation, which he called ''searching for facts,''; and (iii) ''searching for meaning,'' referring to policy applications, which he described as ''whispering in the ears of princes.''Experiments in international relations have typic…
The ‘China Threat’ through the Lens of US Print Media: 1992–2006
China scholars have examined the 'China threat' theory from various theoretical perspectives, offered a range of explanations for the theory's emergence and forecast the potential implications for US–China relations. However, few scholars have empirically studied the 'China threat' theory through the lens of the US media. This is a critical oversight, because the media plays a pivotal role in shaping US public opinion and US foreign policy, and t…
Examining China’s Official Media Perception of the United States: A Content Analysis of People’s Daily Coverage
Problem Representation, Option Generation, and Poliheuristic Theory: An Experimental Analysis
Poliheuristic (PH) theory has received strong empirical support for its depiction of the option selection process: it explains how leaders evaluate, weigh, and ultimately choose among a set of policy options. But PH theory does not explain how this initial set of options is generated. Foreign policy problem representation (PR) research has shown that the way in which leaders mentally represent decision problems determines which options are genera…
American Power and Security during the Bosnian War (1993–1995): National Identity, Credibility, and the ‘Stalemate Machine’
This manuscript uses recently declassified documents to examine the factors shaping US policy toward Bosnia from 1993 to 1995. Drawing upon IR theoretical insights from constructivism and realism, these documents reveal that the halting and inconsistent nature of US actions during this period can be explained by a mismatch between US identity-driven goals and the constraints of the post-Cold War world. Having committed themselves to bold yet larg…
An Operational Code Analysis of China’s National Defense White Papers: 1998-2015
Introduction to China’s Economic Statecraft: Rising Influences, Mixed Results
China’s Strategic Narratives in Global Governance Reform under Xi Jinping
Beijing has long sought to shape global narratives about China. The Xi Jinping administration not only continued that effort but also added an entirely new dimension: it now seeks to use discourse power, particularly through formulating and promoting strategic narratives, to reshape the international system itself. Drawing upon social identity theory (SIT) and strategic narratives framework, this study shows that Beijing employs a multifaceted na…
Bridging Chinese Foreign Policy Studies and Foreign Policy Analysis: Towards a Research Agenda for Mutual Gains
Decision-Making in U.S. Foreign Policy Crises: Presidential Leadership and Outcomes
Scholars of foreign policy decision-making have argued that international interactions ultimately are grounded in people acting singly or in groups. Unfortunately, data limitations prevent many of these crucial foreign policy decision-making theories from being rigorously tested and systematically compared with theories from alternative perspectives. A promising approach to remedying this deficiency is the addition of decision-making variables to…
Perceptions of China Among American Elites: Sources and Change 1979–2022
This study examines and traces the evolution of U.S. elites’ views of China from 1979 to 2022, as revealed in the pages of Foreign Affairs, long a window into the thinking of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. Specifically, this study identifies and seeks to explain variation, over time, in (1) the perceived importance or “attention intensity” devoted to China; (2) the perceived salience of key issues in the U.S.-China relationship; (3) the l…
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