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Explaining the US behavioral pattern in international crises management

Document Type : Science - Research (International Relation)

Authors

1 Ph.D. in International Relation. Islamic Azad University.

2 Faculty member of Isfahan University.Isfahan.

3 Faculty member of School of International Relations of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Abstract

The United States, while a political unit, like other actors, is a country with a wide range of global interests. Accordingly, the active and effective presence of the country in international affairs is explained and interpreted. Understanding United States foreign policy in international crises management(ICM) and being aware of possible America reactions is of particular importance to foreign policymakers. During an international crisis, the United States is a major player in the crisis, or acts in the light of United Nation intervention. So the main question of the article is what is the pattern of United States behavioral logic in ICM? With the aim of achieving the management model of the United States in international crises, the ICB Project dataset, inspired by the idea of applied history, were extracted and statistically analyzed. In order to answer the main question of the article using exploratory research method, the findings of the article, which is in fact a hundred-year model of United States behavior in international crises, showed threat of influence, grave damages, limited military damage, and political threat has been most prevalent threats in the "America as Crisis Actor" crises. Non-violence has also been the dominant American technique in crises based on the threat of influence. Also the usual United States response to the threat of grave damage has been serious clashes or full-scale war. The United States has also been inactive in any of the crises the Security Council has dealt with, but the dominant approach has been low-level activity. According to the results, the article concludes that threats such as cultural, economic, or political have no potential to create an international crisis for the United States. The prevailing American response to the perception of the threat of grave damage will also be serious clashes or full-scale war. The main activity of the United States in crises in which it acting as Interfering actor, is low-level activity or inactivity.

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Bi-Quarterly Political Knowledge
Volume 17, Issue 1 - Serial Number 33
ESSAY
March 2021
Pages 215-242
  • Receive Date: 10 September 2020
  • Revise Date: 25 December 2020
  • Accept Date: 25 December 2020