Foreign Policy Failures and Global Attitudes Towards Great Powers
Evidence from the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 7472249 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Roger Myrick (0000-0002-9833-6041, Duke University, autor de correspondencia), William Marble (0000-0001-9352-5540, Stanford University) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Volumen | 56 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | British Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0007-1234 • E-ISSN: 1469-2112 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007123425101233 |
| OpenAlex | W7118007858 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 24 |
Do perceived foreign policy failures shape assessments of a country’s leadership in the eyes of international observers? We explore the consequences of foreign policy failures using global reactions to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Some argue that a poorly executed withdrawal heightened concerns about America’s soft power and image abroad. Others believe that the negative consequences of the withdrawal were exaggerated. To adjudicate between these claims, we compile public opinion surveys across 24 countries containing over 17,000 respondents. Analyzing perceptions of US leadership before and after the fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021, we find that the Afghanistan withdrawal had a substantive negative impact on global perceptions of US leadership. However, we observe no corresponding evidence that the attractiveness of great powers is ‘zero-sum’: decreases in favorability towards the United States were not paralleled by increases in the perceived attractiveness of alternatives to US leadership like Russia and China
Adjudication · Attractiveness · Foreign policy · Perception · Public opinion · Soft power · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
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| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |