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- Title
Managing our SOBs: Washington's response to friendly dictators in trouble.
- Authors
Béliveau, Victor A.
- Abstract
Why does the United States either continue to support or turn its back on a friendly dictator once that dictator is faced with internal uprisings? This study argues that a US president's decision to either remain loyal to or abandon dictators when they are in trouble ultimately depends on the preservation of acquired influence (PAI). This argument is tested by considering three crises in which the White House was faced with a choice between prolonging support or abandoning established alliances with Batista in Cuba (1956–1959), Mobutu in Zaire (1990–1991), and Mubarak in Egypt (2011). In all three case studies, the PAI argument is found to account for observed variations in US foreign policy toward friendly dictators in trouble.
- Subjects
FOREIGN relations of the United States; DECISION making in public administration; INFLUENCE; DICTATORSHIP; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2023, Vol 53, Issue 1, p77
- ISSN
0360-4918
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/psq.12823