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ID153958
Title ProperRegime instability, leader's affiliation, and organizational culture
Other Title Informationwhy are military dictatorships more likely to initiate militarized interstate disputes? an empirical analysis, 1975–2006
LanguageENG
AuthorPanel, Sophie
Summary / Abstract (Note)Prior studies find that military dictatorships display a high propensity to initiate militarized interstate disputes (MIDs). Yet, there is little agreement on which feature of military regimes can best explain this behavior. This article distinguishes between three potential causes: coup risk, the dictator's affiliation with the military, and the military's influence on politics. Using recent data on authoritarian regimes, I find that, whereas coup risk is a strong predictor of conflict initiation, the dictator's affiliation does not affect his foreign policy. Furthermore, I find tentative evidence that the military's influence on domestic politics has a negative effect on MID initiation. These findings thus challenge the view that military regimes' foreign policy is due to the military's organizational culture: the relationship between military regimes and dispute initiation seems to be due to factors that simply happen to add up in military autocracies but are essentially unrelated to regime type.
`In' analytical NoteSecurity Studies Vol. 26, No.2; Apr-Jun 2017: p.333-358
Journal SourceSecurity Studies Vol: 26 No 2
Key WordsMilitarized Interstate Disputes ;  Organizational Culture ;  Military Dictatorships ;  Foreign Policy ;  Regime Instability


 
 
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