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External Threats and Military Intervention: The United States and the Caribbean Basin

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  • Gent Stephen E.

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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Domestic political instability provides an incentive for external military intervention by raising the opportunity costs of nonintervention. When deciding to intervene in response to instability within its sphere of influence, a regional hegemon considers the anticipated actions of other potential interveners. In particular, a hegemon has an incentive to intervene preemptively to forestall future interventions by rival powers. Given this, military intervention will be more likely when another power provides an external threat to a hegemon’s sphere of influence. A historical examination of U.S. intervention policy and behavior in the Caribbean Basin supports the theory.

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  • Gent Stephen E., 2010. "External Threats and Military Intervention: The United States and the Caribbean Basin," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 16(1), pages 1-33, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pepspp:v:16:y:2010:i:1:n:9
    DOI: 10.2202/1554-8597.1195
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    1. Sang Ki Kim, 2017. "Third-party Intervention in Civil Wars and the Prospects for Postwar Development," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 61(3), pages 615-642, March.

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