| U.S. Policy Responses to Potential Transitions: A New Dataset of Political Protests, Conflicts, and Coups Contributor(s): Lamb, Robert D. (Author), Hameed, Sadika (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442224657 ISBN-13: 9781442224650 Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies OUR PRICE: $58.41 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.73 |
| Series: CSIS Reports |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.25" W x 11" (0.53 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Every three weeks, a major political crisis begins somewhere in the world. The United States intervenes in less than a fifth of them. But that is still a new U.S. intervention about every two months. And almost all of them are civilian interventions; less than a third involve the military. CSIS has released a new dataset of "potential transitions" worldwide, covering responses to 758 political crises between 1989 and 2010, including 134 civilian and military interventions. The report describes the dataset and presents the results of the initial analysis. Its recommendations focus on the disconnect between the high demand for civilian power and the support civilian institutions have for responding to such crises, and on the importance of caution and moderation when deciding whether and how to intervene. |