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ID165318
Title ProperStoics and hotheads
Other Title Informationleaders’ temperament, anger, and the expression of resolve in face-to-face diplomacy
LanguageENG
AuthorWong, Seanon S
Summary / Abstract (Note)When leaders negotiate face-to-face, why would an expression of anger make an interlocutor yield to one’s demand in some instances but cause him to become more intransigent in others? In this article, I consult recent findings in social and experimental psychology and provide an explanation for when anger is more likely to be considered a credible expression of resolve. Anger elicits concessions if a leader has projected an image for being composed most of the time. On the contrary, expressing anger makes an interlocutor more unyielding if a leader is known for becoming angry easily and frequently. I demonstrate such contrasting preconceptions of a leader’s temperament—a “stoic” versus a “hothead”—and their impact on the larger trajectory of international politics with two in-depth case studies on the face-to-face interactions between Khrushchev, Macmillan, and Eisenhower from the onset of the Berlin Crisis in November 1958 to the aborted four-power summit in Paris two years later.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Global security Studies Vol. 4, No.2; Apr 2019: p.190–208
Journal SourceJournal of Global security Studies Vol: 4 No 2
Key WordsDiplomacy ;  Negotiations ;  Leaders ;  Emotions ;  Case Studies ;  Cold War


 
 
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