Why do combatants in civil wars engage in UN-led negotiations even when they believe the UN is a failed, flawed contributor to the peace process? Drawing on regression analysis, extensive archival work, interviews, and two ...

This research characterizes the trajectories traversed by the Colombian Foreign Policy (CFP) in different historical periods, exposing the incidence, scope and interaction of domestic and external variables on its development. ...

This dissertation addresses the conditions under which weaker states balance against or bandwagon with a strong state. China's rise provides an opportunity to examine this question, as over the last two decades, China has ...

A longstanding puzzle in international relations theory concerns why states choose different foreign policies in similar situations. Existing explanations for this result range from assuming the problem away to focusing ...

This paper presents the “double-edged sword model” as a theoretical explanation for China’s puzzling behavior in maritime disputes with its neighbors. This paper argues that two factors are salient in determining a state’s ...

This paper sheds light on developing a hybrid analytical construct by combining Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) theory and modifications which are based on China. It employs the bureaucratic politics model to China’s ...