Resolving Conflicting Emotions: Obama's Quandaries on the Red Line and the Fight against ISIS

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Foreign Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2022-07-28 DOI:10.1093/fpa/orac016

Philip Beauregard

引用次数: 2

Abstract

The study of emotions in foreign policymaking has emphasized dominant discrete emotions and how they each lead to specific action tendencies. Scholars often focus on one emotion to explain decisions and have an additive view of emotions. This article argues that decision-makers often feel conflicting emotions and that emotions are not simply additive. What are conflicting emotions’ consequences for foreign policymaking? How are these conflicts resolved? The cases of President Obama's response to the Syrian chemical weapon attack in 2013 and the rise of ISIS in 2014 provide an occasion to study these questions on major security issues surrounding military intervention. This article argues that when decision-makers feel conflicted emotions their anxiety level rises, and that they are likely to attempt to gain time through procrastination, to resolve their conflict by focusing their attention on new developments, and to seek support to bolster confidence in their decision.

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化解矛盾情绪：奥巴马在红线上的Quantaries与打击ISIS

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Foreign Policy Analysis INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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3.60

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9.10%

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