Crisis Management: Looking Back to Look Forward

In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 29, Heft 4, S. 553-569

Abstract

Alexander George made a seminal contribution to theories of preventive diplomacy, crisis management, deterrence, and coercive diplomacy. Although he made his contribution in the highly structured environment of the Cold War, his analysis of the close connections between positive and negative inducements, the importance of interests in shaping outcomes, and the dangers of threat‐based strategies as substitutes for policy speaks to the central challenges of contemporary global politics.