Abstract Affect and emotion are key elements of our lived experience as human beings but currently play little role in how we theorize actorhood international relations. We offer six amendments for integrating affective dynamics into existing conceptions individual-level IR. From these emerge the theoretical micro-foundations upon which build propositions concerning potential collective-level political strategies. illustrate analytical payoff proposals by examining aftermath terrorist...

The field of International Relations (IR) has recently witnessed the emergence a wide variety different approaches to make sense many ways emotions work in and through discourse. This forum takes stock investigates this link based on two interrelated questions: Why study discourse? How can we Concerning first question, argue that textual verbal utterances provide us with promising way empirically accessible for researchers. Regarding second it is essential develop specific criteria via...

In Emotional Diplomacy, Todd H. Hall explores the politics of officially expressed emotion on international stage, looking at ways in which state actors strategically deploy emotional behavior to shape perceptions others. Examining diverse instances behavior, reveals that official displays are not simply cheap talk but rather play an important role strategies and interactions actors. diplomacy is more than rhetoric; as this book demonstrates, its implications extend provision economic...

What counts as evidence that the other side is sincere? Within mainstream international relations literature, scholars have focused on costly signals. We argue, however, in real world leaders do not simply look at signals, but they rely to an important extent their personal impressions of leaders, taking these credible indicators sincerity. Our approach thus builds both upon literature interstate communication and perceptions more recent research field neuroscience regarding affective...

This article presents a theory of provocations. Precisely, it defines provocations as actions or incidents that state actors perceive intentionally and wrongfully challenging violating their values goals, thereby eliciting outraged reactions spur rash, aggressive responses. Outraged come in three forms: personal, performative, popular. While each form is different nature, all work to produce strong—albeit temporary—pressures for rapid, retaliatory satisfaction. Importantly, these can be...

Abstract Huawei, the telecommunications company based in People's Republic of China (PRC), has presented governments several middle powers with a policy dilemma. On one hand, Huawei's affordable 5G network technology is attractive to operators these countries, which do not have domestic producers this equipment. other U.S. government and intelligence agencies countries maintain that Huawei gear presents intolerable security risks, charge PRC forcefully reject as they insist merits access...

Journal Article An Unclear Attraction: A Critical Examination of Soft Power as an Analytical Category Get access Todd Hall * *Corresponding author. Email: thall@uchicago.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Chinese International Politics, Volume 3, Issue 2, Summer 2010, Pages 189–211, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poq005 Published: 20 April 2010

Abstract What does it mean to say a state is angry? To answer this question, paper theorizes diplomacy of anger. Specifically, the anger involves vehement and overt state-level display in response perceived violation. Although threatens precipitous escalation face further violations, can be ameliorated by conciliatory gestures will subside over time absent new provocations. more, also exercise reciprocal influence on emotional dispositions those that practice it. The thereby contributes...

Research in International Relations (IR) frequently confronts claims about the emotions shared by members of a group. While much attention has been devoted to potential for affective and emotional experience beyond individual level, IR scholars have said less politics invoking popular emotion. This article addresses that gap. Specifically, we argue between individual—and even shared—affective on one hand group‐based “popular emotion” other exists not mechanisms aggregation but rather...

Abstract Affective ties encompass a broad family of emotional phenomena, including love, affection, attachment, and devotion. may appear deeply personal, they most certainly are. But are also important resources for the exercise political power in international politics – not only as vulnerabilities that can be exploited coercion but also, more significantly, means to mobilise action sacrifice. Viewed from vantage point agents, affective thus whose distribution system shapes their strategies...

Abstract A large literature within the field of international relations has now explored both how emotions can shape political perceptions and behavior actors may seek to manipulate, harness, or deploy emotional displays for ends. Less attention, however, been paid struggles also center upon issues who should feel what emotion whose feelings matter. Precisely, we theorize a distributive politics that manifest in three general forms, all which have their own properties logics contestation....

The importance of World War I for understanding contemporary East Asia lies not in the ubiquitous analogy drawn between Anglo-German antagonism and U.S.-China relations, but rather more specific lessons period preceding its outbreak offers concerning sources instability conflict among states. More precisely, these relate to challenges posed by complex security arrangements, dual-edged nature nationalism, dangerous dynamics that can emerge during repeated crises. Appreciating how factors...

The work of Georg Lukács has languished in critical neglect since a period intense interest his the 1960s and early 1970s. Lately, however, there are signs revival interest. reasons for this multiple. On one hand, art theorists literary critics turning to Lukács's concept realism order help understand political realist turn contemporary works.1 In separate development, social again reification as way understanding peculiar pathologies of…

Journal Article The Return of Resentment: Rise and Decline Again a Political Emotion by Robert A. Schneider Get access A Schneider. Chicago, IL, University Chicago Press, 2023. 312 pp. $29.00. Todd Hall Oxford https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0499-4367 Search for other works this author on: Academic Google Scholar Science Quarterly, qqae061, https://doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqae061 Published: 17 July 2024

The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands are presently the focus of a dangerous contest between People’s Republic China and Japan, one that even now has potential to spark military conflict could draw in United States. How this come about? Whether seen from strategic, economic, or historical perspective, value islands does not appear merit risks such contest. Consequently, what driven escalation is anything particular themselves, but rather increasing symbolic stakes attached them, their role within...

Much work has examined the phenomenon of dispute escalation, whereby concrete measures state actors take edge them closer to war. Less attention been devoted ways in which actors’ perceptions what is at stake a can also change, with important consequences for likelihood conflict. This paper examines inflation – wherein contest over an object or issue assumes ever greater stakes and significance its protagonists identifies three different mechanisms that generate increasing non-material...