EPISODE · Dec 14, 2021 · 36 MIN
Competing for Status?
from Power Problems
The desire for high status drives great powers’ foreign policies. Cambridge University professor Steven Ward discusses how status concerns motivate rising powers like China as well as declining powers like the United States, and how that can produce belligerent policies and exacerbate international tensions.Show NotesSteven Ward bioSteven Ward, Status and the Challenge of Rising Powers, (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017).Steven Ward, “Status from Fighting? Reassessing the Relationship Between Conflict Involvement and Diplomatic Risk,” International Interactions 46, no. 2 (February 2020).Paul Musgraves and Steven Ward, “Testing Tripwire Theory Using Survey Experiments,” APSA Preprints, 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The desire for high status drives great powers’ foreign policies. Cambridge University professor Steven Ward discusses how status concerns motivate rising powers like China as well as declining powers like the United States, and how that can produce belligerent policies and exacerbate international tensions.Show NotesSteven Ward bioSteven Ward, Status and the Challenge of Rising Powers, (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017).Steven Ward, “Status from Fighting? Reassessing the Relationship Between Conflict Involvement and Diplomatic Risk,” International Interactions 46, no. 2 (February 2020).Paul Musgraves and Steven Ward, “Testing Tripwire Theory Using Survey Experiments,” APSA Preprints, 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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