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Compellence: An Empirical Perspective, Michael G. Dziubinski
Compellence: An Empirical Perspective, Michael G. Dziubinski
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
Compellence, the use of a contingent threat of force to get a target state to modify a behavior, is an understudied area of international relations. An empirical examination of this area reveals patterns of the frequency of attempted compellence and successful compellence that are not explained by current research or broader international relations theories. In the post-World War II period (1946–2001), the pattern is a rapid drop and continued suppression of success, but a continuation of compellence attempts at the historic level. Existing compellence research and international relations theory do not explain this puzzling disparity of low success and continued …