Introduction
Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4285891 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Jervis (0000-0002-1896-6538, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 217-236 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1002/polq.12481 |
| OpenAlex | W2466836428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN reminds us that elections and foreign policy make an interesting mix—interesting in the sense of the perhaps apocryphal Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times.”1 This has been an unusual campaign, but many of the issues and questions are enduring ones. Candidates, voters, interest groups, professional diplomats, foreign countries, and nongovernmental actors have to calculate and recalculate their interests in light of uncertain alternatives and changing circumstances. Foreign policy has entered this campaign in a form that resonates with, and indeed may largely originate from, the general uncertainty and fear for the future that seem to pervade American politics. At the time of this writing, the electorate is moved by considerations of physical and economic insecurity, and much depends on a candidate’s ability (or lack thereof) to project an image of being able to provide protection through being tough and assertive
Assertiveness · Curse · Foreign policy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential campaign · Presidential system · Sociology · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |