Explaining Foreign Policy Change: Or, Why is the 'War on Terror' Both So Late and Such a Huge Overreaction?

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2005-04-11

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Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studies

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If states were fully-informed rational actors, they would readily adapt to changes in the international environment. But in fact, foreign policy change is extremely rare, and when it happens, it is often inappropriate. Welch offers a parsimonious general theory of foreign policy change; argues that its performance is superior to any general theory of state behavior; and illustrates the argument by means of an examination of the 'War on Terror.'

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foreign policy theory, war on terror

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