Coercive Diplomacy and an “Irrational” Regime
Understanding the American Confrontation with the Taliban
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9975919 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shah M Tarzi (Shah M. Tarzi is Lee L. Morgan Chair of International Affairs and Professor, Institute of International Studies, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-41 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8817 • E-ISSN: 0973-0702 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002088170404200102 |
| OpenAlex | W2070435844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
All conditions for the successful application of coercive threat clearly favoured the US to get its demands regarding the handover of the al Qaeda leadership and closure of the terrorist camps in Afghanistan accepted by the Taliban. However, American coercive diplomacy failed because of a potent combination of factors, namely, an extreme brand of Islam which the Taliban practised, the basic symbiotic relationship between al Qaeda and the Taliban, the special religious role of Mullah Omar and the Pushtunwali code so profound to the Taliban’s sense of identity. The Taliban held an irrational and fatalistic view that was simply impervious to superior American military power or fear of regime change and even fear of loss of life. The implications for American foreign policy and the war on terrorism are worrisome: when dealing with terrorist groups or failed states in which the leadership has a radically different and highly destructive messianic religious and cultural referent, as was the case with the Taliban, coercive diplomacy is likely to fail
Diplomacy · Islam · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · Terrorism · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
The fragmentation of Afghanistan
Forceful persuasion
Bombing to win
Against All Enemies - Inside America's War On Terror
Taliban
The United States and Coercive Diplomacy
Neorealism, Neoliberalism and the International System
Western Use of Coercive Diplomacy after the Cold War
Against All Enemies
The Causes and Prevention of War
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2016 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |