ORCID
0000-0003-1096-325X
Abstract
How does status affect foreign policy outcomes? Scholars have long argued that status is a salient foreign policy driver and that states even fight for status, but there is no consensus on how to think about this relationship. I propose that unpacking the link between status and role in international relations can help scholars analyze how status shapes national security outcomes. I illustrate the usefulness of this framework on the processes leading to Australia’s intervention in the Solomon Islands. An analysis of speeches by Australia’s leaders reveals that concern for maintaining Australia’s status as the leader of the Pacific and the role of maintainer of regional order and security affected the decision to dispatch an intervention.
Recommended Citation
Viskupic, Filip
(2021)
"Status, Maintenance of Security, and Militarized Foreign Policy,"
Midwest Social Sciences Journal: Vol. 24:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0796.241.1065
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/mssj/vol24/iss1/11
