Realist foreign policy analysis with a twist : the Persian Gulf security complex and the rise and fall of dual containment
Smith, Keith (2016) Realist foreign policy analysis with a twist : the Persian Gulf security complex and the rise and fall of dual containment. Foreign Policy Analysis, 12 (3). pp. 315-333. ISSN 1743-8594 (https://doi.org/10.1111/fpa.12084)
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Abstract
Analyses of US post-Cold War foreign policy in the Persian Gulf symbolize realism's new found concern with foreign policy analysis. Prominent realists attribute specific policies to domestic concerns and how they have dominated policymaking in the era of US primacy. Although convincing, this perspective is not comprehensive. By drawing on regional security complex theory, it is possible to map the regional developments that have equally constrained and incentivized the rise and fall of dual containment. This more extensive account produces two important findings regarding realism's neglect of the regional level of analysis. First, realists overstate the domestic determinants of US policy in the Persian Gulf. Second, and more broadly, realist foreign policy analysts underspecify systemic pressures that shape and shove a country's foreign policy.
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Item type: Article ID code: 58507 Dates: DateEvent1 July 2016Published2 February 2016Published Online14 October 2014AcceptedNotes: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Foreign Policy Analysis following peer review. The version of record Smith, K 2016, 'Realist foreign policy analysis with a twist: the Persian Gulf security complex and the rise and fall of dual containment' Foreign Policy Analysis, vol 12, no. 3, pp. 315-333, is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fpa.12084 Subjects: Political Science > International relations Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 09 Nov 2016 11:57 Last modified: 23 Nov 2024 01:09 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/58507