Personality and Foreign Policy

International Relations theory seldom uses personality variables directly in the explanation of the actions of states. The proper use of psychopathological personality variables is explored by reconstructing Stalin's paranoia and linking it to a crucial period in world history and the theory of a state's response to surprise: the German attack of 1941. For the sake of greater explanatory depth, variables based on the leader's personality attributes are cautiously recom

Foreign policy · German · Paranoia · Personality · Personality development · Personality theory · Political science · Psychotherapist · Surprise · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Psychology · Social Psychology

• The Rule of Law in the Real World

  Open Access•Paul Gowder•Rule of Law in the Real World•2016

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• International Politics at the Brain's Edge

  Open Access•Marcus Holmes•International Studies Perspectives•2013

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• Culture, ideology and personality

  Stephen Welch•Journal of Communist Studies•1996

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• Dark tetrad traits in politicians and voter behavior

  Open Access•Monika Prusik•Journal of Research in Personality•2025

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• Leadership Traits and Ghana’s Foreign Policy

  Felix Kumah-Abiwu•The Round Table•2016

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• Ghana’s foreign policy under Nana Akufo-Addo

  Felix Kumah-Abiwu•The Round Table•2025

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• How Not to Be Lakatos Intolerant

  Colin Elman, Miriam Fendius Elman•International Studies Quarterly•2002

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• Domestic imperative of the Philippines’ South China Sea policy

  Phuong Ly Nguyen, Sow Keat Tok•The Pacific Review•2024

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• Political conservatism as motivated social cognition

  John T Jost, Jack Glaser et al.•Psychological Bulletin•2003

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• New ways in psychoanalysis

  Karen Horney•New ways in psychoanalysis•1939

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• Essence of Decision

  Graham T Allison•Essence of Decision•1972

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• Perception and Misperception in International Politics

  Robert Jervis•Perception and Misperception in…•2017

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• Politics Among Nations

  Ramon Pacheco Pardo•Politics Among Nations•2017

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• Power and Personality, by Harold Dwight Lasswell

  Open Access•Lyman Bryson•Political Science Quarterly•1948

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• Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy

  Carl Joachim Friedrich, Zbigniew Brzezinski•Totalitarian Dictatorship and…•1965

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• Man, the State, and War

  Kenneth Waltz, Kenneth N Waltz•Man, the State, and War•2018

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• Joseph Stalin

  Rolf H W Theen, Ronald Hingley•The Russian Review•1975

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• Life history interviews with one hundred normal American males

  H P J Renaud, Harold Renaud et al.•American Journal of Orthopsychiatry•1961

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• The Dictator and Totalitarianism

  Open Access•Robert C Tucker•World Politics•1965

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• The Political Psychology of International Politics

  Ole R Holsti•Political Psychology•1989

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• Psychopathology, decision-making, and political involvement1

  Open Access•Brent M Rutherford•Journal of Conflict Resolution•1966

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• The Mind of Stalin

  John Hatch, John P Hatch et al.•The Journal of Interdisciplinary…•1989

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