The Desire to Punish Belligerent Countries: Is Compliance Enough for Appeasing an Angry Public?

• In Event: Coercion, Persuasion, and Punishment

Brief Overview

This paper examines the causal mechanisms illustrating why leaders can be better off to exact revenge against aggressor states even though they have complied with compellent threats to stop their actions during international security crises.

Authors

• Zlatin B Mitkov, University of Central Florida

• Michael Yekple, University of Central Florida