Back to the Future? Behavioral IR as a Case of Arrested Development

摘要: Alex Mintz calls in his essay this Forum for recognizing “Behavioral IR” as a subfield the study of IR. He rests case on existence “numerous anomalies from traditional analytic, rational, expected utility model choice” research political science and A combination favorable methodological developments historical conditions has combined to create bright future Behavioral IR subfield. If promise is fulfilled, then may come focus dyad micro-structural unit analysis with models bounded strategic rationality informed by content analyses beliefs other psychological characteristics leaders these dyads (Herrmann Fischerkeller 1995; Lake Powell 1999; Wendt Walker 2004). Some will point out no doubt that existed since 1960s its members publishing outlets such Journal Conflict Resolution, International Interactions, Peace Research, Management Science , Studies Quarterly . What new opportunity increase explained variance studies including explicit measurement contextual tested literature. It now cost effective combine within single design independent variables achieve more robust results (Schafer 2000; Post 2005; Schafer 2006). The gap between rational choice empirical decision making also shrink result use tools are available gathering information about individual makers. The “world their minds” …