Beliefs and Leadership in World Politics: Methods and Applications of Operational Code Analysis (Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis)

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Belief Systems as Causal Mechanisms in World Politics: An Overview of Operational Code Analysis....Pages 3-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Operational Code Analysis at a Distance: The Verbs in Context system of Content Analysis....Pages 25-51
A World of Beliefs: Modeling Interactions Among Agents with Different Operational Codes....Pages 53-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
The Eyes of Kesteven: How the Worldviews of Margaret Thatcher and Her Cabinet Influenced British Foreign Policy....Pages 77-99
George W. Bush and the Vulcans: Leader-Advisor relations and America’s Response to the 9/11 Attacks....Pages 101-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Reagan and Gorbachev: Altercasting at the End of the Cold War....Pages 127-149
Crisis Deferred: An Operational Code Analysis of Chinese Leaders Across the Strait....Pages 151-170
Links Among Beliefs and Personality Traits: The Distinctive Language of Terrorists....Pages 171-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Economic Sanctions and Operational Code Analysis: Beliefs and the Use of Economic Coercion....Pages 187-200
Economic Liberalism and the Operational Code Beliefs of U.S. Presidents: The Initiation of Nafta Disputes, 1989–2002....Pages 201-217
Bankers and Beliefs: The Political Psychology of the Asian Financial Crisis....Pages 219-233
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Structural International Relations Theories and the Future of Operational Code Analysis....Pages 237-248
Back Matter....Pages 249-288