Unpopular Doves, Popular Hawks, and Diplomatic Rapprochement

• In Event: Inter-state Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace

Brief Overview

This paper finds evidence that unpopular doves and popular hawks are more likely to pursue diplomatic rapprochement with an adversary from data on diplomatic rapprochements of the United States from 1950 to 2005.

Author

• James Dongjin Kim, Texas A & M University