| ID | 171983 |
| Title Proper | Threat perceptions and hidden profiles in alliances |
| Other Title Information | revisiting Suez |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rapport, Aaron |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | What factors influence whether allies have the same understandings of threats and adversaries? Allies may infer they share each other's views without verifying if this is so, with harmful consequences. A set of psychological biases can cause policymakers to neglect valuable information held by one or more allies, and instead disproportionately discuss information that every allied contributor to a threat assessment already knows. Psychologists call the unshared assessments “hidden profiles”: an evaluative profile that postulates key features of a problem or threat, hidden in the sense that it is unintentionally withheld from the wider group. This manuscript compares the hidden-profiles model and alternative theories of threat perception using the 1956 Suez Crisis as a case study |
| `In' analytical Note | Security Studies Vol. 29, No.2; Apr-May 2020: p.199-230 |
| Journal Source | Security Studies Vol: 29 No 2 |
| Key Words | Alliances ; Threat Perceptions ; Suez Crisis - 1956 ; Hidden Profiles |