Tudor A Onea
Biographic Data
| ID | 4458119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tudor A Onea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tudor A |
| FAMILY NAME | Onea |
| SIGNATURE | ONEA T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bilkent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4644-0541 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Scapegoating Your Ally
While the literature holds that audience costs tie leaders’ hands, an emerging body of scholarship explores ways in which leaders can strategically circumvent them. However, this research has not considered the strategy of ally-scapegoating or attributing blame to the ally for failing to support the state during crises. Leaders escape penalties for not carrying out threats, while domestic audiences hold the ally responsible. Ally-scapegoating is …
How to entrap your protector
Recent scholarship often dismisses entrapment, arguing that there are hardly any identifiable cases; and that powerful states (protectors) can sidestep it by narrowing the treaty conditions under which they have to intervene to defend their weaker allies (protégés). Consequently, alliances and partnerships are nearly always considered risk-free assets. However, this paper argues that several types of entrapment are present. The paper is foremost …
Great-Power Competition
Great-power competition (GPC) is a touchstone for strategists and policymakers. Its popularity stems from perceptions of China’s rise, Russia’s resurgence, and the United States’ relative decline. The term’s notoriety in policy circles is related to its use in U.S. national defense and strategy guidance documents. Sometimes GPC is dismissed as a buzzword, but it is a distinctive phenomenon that deserves scholarly investigation. GPC is a classic f…
Forum
This forum presents a snapshot of the current state of neoclassical realist theorizing. Its contributors are self-identified neoclassical realists who delineate their version of neoclassical realism (NCR), its scope, object of analysis, and theoretical contribution. From the standpoint of NCR, they contribute to and reflect on the “end of IR theory” debate. NCR has come under criticism for its supposed lack of theoretical structure and alleged di…
Immoderate greatness
The article examines when and how often great powers are likely to follow a grand strategy of restraint and whether there is any evidence that they have ever done so. The question has considerable implications for the ongoing US grand strategy debate. Restraint refers to the practice of self-discipline in the use of force for self-defence or for addressing massive power imbalances; and in extending security commitments to foreign political actors…
Between dominance and decline
This article investigates the role of status considerations in the response of dominant powers to the rise of emergent states. Accordingly, the hypothesis explored is that dominant actors are prone to fear that they will lose their upper rank, and, due to this status anxiety, resist the efforts of emergent powers to match or surpass them. The article begins by explaining why political actors deem status important and puts forward a theory of stat…
Putting the 'Classical' in Neoclassical Realism
This paper tests the explanatory power of the main strands of neoclassical realism in accounting for US foreign policy after the Cold War. According to the emphasis they place on the relevance of structural versus non-structural variables in foreign policy making, three schools can be identified. The first school restricts the role of non-structural factors to accounting for anomalous behavior; the second school argues that non-structural variabl…
The American Empire and its Discontents
I am just so amazed that there is so much misunderstanding of what our country is about, that people would hate us.... like most Americans, I just can't believe it, because I know how good we are.-George W. BushThe ancient tale of Damocles conveys a lesson often overlooked in the conduct of present-day international affairs - a lesson that warrants heeding especially now, given the global euphoria attending the transfer of power in Washington fro…
Victory without Triumph
This article takes a critical look at the established wisdom regarding the early twentieth century dispute between Canada and the United States over the contours of the Alaska Panhandle. In Canada, the affair is commonly recollected as having featured a sinister combination of American nationalist bullying and duplicitous British diplomacy. The result, according to a Canadian nationalist mythology that resonates to this day, is that Canada was ef…
Between dominance and decline
This article investigates the role of status considerations in the response of dominant powers to the rise of emergent states. Accordingly, the hypothesis explored is that dominant actors are prone to fear that they will lose their upper rank, and, due to this status anxiety, resist the efforts of emergent powers to match or surpass them. The article begins by explaining why political actors deem status important and puts forward a theory of stat…
Forum
This forum presents a snapshot of the current state of neoclassical realist theorizing. Its contributors are self-identified neoclassical realists who delineate their version of neoclassical realism (NCR), its scope, object of analysis, and theoretical contribution. From the standpoint of NCR, they contribute to and reflect on the “end of IR theory” debate. NCR has come under criticism for its supposed lack of theoretical structure and alleged di…
How to entrap your protector
Recent scholarship often dismisses entrapment, arguing that there are hardly any identifiable cases; and that powerful states (protectors) can sidestep it by narrowing the treaty conditions under which they have to intervene to defend their weaker allies (protégés). Consequently, alliances and partnerships are nearly always considered risk-free assets. However, this paper argues that several types of entrapment are present. The paper is foremost …
Putting the 'Classical' in Neoclassical Realism
This paper tests the explanatory power of the main strands of neoclassical realism in accounting for US foreign policy after the Cold War. According to the emphasis they place on the relevance of structural versus non-structural variables in foreign policy making, three schools can be identified. The first school restricts the role of non-structural factors to accounting for anomalous behavior; the second school argues that non-structural variabl…
The American Empire and its Discontents
I am just so amazed that there is so much misunderstanding of what our country is about, that people would hate us.... like most Americans, I just can't believe it, because I know how good we are.-George W. BushThe ancient tale of Damocles conveys a lesson often overlooked in the conduct of present-day international affairs - a lesson that warrants heeding especially now, given the global euphoria attending the transfer of power in Washington fro…
Victory without Triumph
This article takes a critical look at the established wisdom regarding the early twentieth century dispute between Canada and the United States over the contours of the Alaska Panhandle. In Canada, the affair is commonly recollected as having featured a sinister combination of American nationalist bullying and duplicitous British diplomacy. The result, according to a Canadian nationalist mythology that resonates to this day, is that Canada was ef…
The American Empire and its Discontents
I am just so amazed that there is so much misunderstanding of what our country is about, that people would hate us.... like most Americans, I just can't believe it, because I know how good we are.-George W. BushThe ancient tale of Damocles conveys a lesson often overlooked in the conduct of present-day international affairs - a lesson that warrants heeding especially now, given the global euphoria attending the transfer of power in Washington fro…
Putting the 'Classical' in Neoclassical Realism
This paper tests the explanatory power of the main strands of neoclassical realism in accounting for US foreign policy after the Cold War. According to the emphasis they place on the relevance of structural versus non-structural variables in foreign policy making, three schools can be identified. The first school restricts the role of non-structural factors to accounting for anomalous behavior; the second school argues that non-structural variabl…
Between dominance and decline
This article investigates the role of status considerations in the response of dominant powers to the rise of emergent states. Accordingly, the hypothesis explored is that dominant actors are prone to fear that they will lose their upper rank, and, due to this status anxiety, resist the efforts of emergent powers to match or surpass them. The article begins by explaining why political actors deem status important and puts forward a theory of stat…
Immoderate greatness
The article examines when and how often great powers are likely to follow a grand strategy of restraint and whether there is any evidence that they have ever done so. The question has considerable implications for the ongoing US grand strategy debate. Restraint refers to the practice of self-discipline in the use of force for self-defence or for addressing massive power imbalances; and in extending security commitments to foreign political actors…
Forum
This forum presents a snapshot of the current state of neoclassical realist theorizing. Its contributors are self-identified neoclassical realists who delineate their version of neoclassical realism (NCR), its scope, object of analysis, and theoretical contribution. From the standpoint of NCR, they contribute to and reflect on the “end of IR theory” debate. NCR has come under criticism for its supposed lack of theoretical structure and alleged di…
Great-Power Competition
Great-power competition (GPC) is a touchstone for strategists and policymakers. Its popularity stems from perceptions of China’s rise, Russia’s resurgence, and the United States’ relative decline. The term’s notoriety in policy circles is related to its use in U.S. national defense and strategy guidance documents. Sometimes GPC is dismissed as a buzzword, but it is a distinctive phenomenon that deserves scholarly investigation. GPC is a classic f…
How to entrap your protector
Recent scholarship often dismisses entrapment, arguing that there are hardly any identifiable cases; and that powerful states (protectors) can sidestep it by narrowing the treaty conditions under which they have to intervene to defend their weaker allies (protégés). Consequently, alliances and partnerships are nearly always considered risk-free assets. However, this paper argues that several types of entrapment are present. The paper is foremost …
Scapegoating Your Ally
While the literature holds that audience costs tie leaders’ hands, an emerging body of scholarship explores ways in which leaders can strategically circumvent them. However, this research has not considered the strategy of ally-scapegoating or attributing blame to the ally for failing to support the state during crises. Leaders escape penalties for not carrying out threats, while domestic audiences hold the ally responsible. Ally-scapegoating is …
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