Deciding to Intervene: An Analysis of International and Domestic Influences on United States Interventions in Intrastate Disputes

摘要: Although the United States has been most prolific intervener in international system since end of World War II, there little consensus among scholars regarding motivations U.S. interventions domestic political disputes abroad. In addition, do not agree on relative effects factors and intervention decisions by Previous research occurred within at least two distinctive “streams” literature: (1) studies state interventions; (2) use military force Hypotheses intrastate are derived from previous literature, hypotheses tested using recently-compiled data occurring between 1945 2002. The results suggest a combination factors, including geographic proximity ideological linkage, significantly i...