Backing Out or Winning in International Security Crises: Does the Public Reward its Leaders for Using Force?

• In Event: Foreign Policy and Regional Security in South Asia

Brief Overview

This paper examines the argument that leaders are susceptible to audience cost for backing down since the issue is attached to national honor and pride questioning the overall credibility of the leader himself and that of the country.

Authors

• Zlatin B Mitkov, University of Central Florida

• Santosh Sapkota, University of Central Florida

• Michael Yekple, University of Central Florida