Major power politics and non-violent resistance movements

Ilker Kalin, Marie Olson Lounsbery and Frederic Pearson
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Ilker Kalin: Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, 2954Wayne State University, USA
Marie Olson Lounsbery: Department of Political Science, 3627East Carolina University, USA
Frederic Pearson: Department of Political Science, 2954Wayne State University, USA

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2022, vol. 39, issue 3, 241-265

Abstract: Non-violent movements are rarely confined to the borders of the societies in which they take place. International actors are prone to take a side in the face of such resistance. Yet knowledge is limited on external actors’ effects on outcomes of non-violent protests abroad. Thus, we zero in on the strategic logic behind major powers’ involvement decisions regarding such movements, and the impact those decisions have on campaign outcomes. We find that major powers tend to undermine non-violent movements when target states are strategically important; we find also an indirect link between major power support for movements and security force defections in target states, thus improving success prospects for the protestors. Our research adds a dyadic international dimension to the question of external support during non-violent resistance movements and expands the current knowledge base regarding the identity and direction of support.

Keywords: Major powers; external support; non-violent action; civil resistance success; strategic choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/07388942211062495

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