| ID | 141122 |
| Title Proper | Misreading the enemy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Fettweis, Christopher J |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In Russia’s strongman president, Chinese autocrats and Iranian clerics, Western leaders face an age-old problem, one that has vexed nearly every leader throughout history: seemingly inscrutable rivals. How much of what others say is the truth, and how much is designed to hide a broader agenda? Can they be trusted? Since leaders never really know just how much danger they face – or where to draw the line between prudence and paranoia – they tend to err on the side of caution. The tendency to assume the worst in others seems to be the rule, rather than the exception, in international politics. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 57, No.5; Oct/Nov 2015: p.149-172 |
| Journal Source | Survival Vol: 57 No 5 |
| Key Words | Military Strategy ; Iran ; United States ; China ; Russia |