Beliefs and Leadership in World Politics

Part I. Introduction

1. Belief Systems as Causal Mechanisms in World Politics: An Overview of Operational Code Analysis
Stephen G. Walker, Mark Schafer

Part II. Methods: Content Analysis and Formal Models

2. Operational Code Analysis at a Distance: The Verbs in Context system of Content Analysis
Mark Schafer, Stephen G. Walker

3. A World of Beliefs: Modeling Interactions Among Agents with Different Operational Codes
B. Gregory Marfleet, Stephen G. Walker

Part III. Applications: The Domain of Leader-Advisor Relations

4. The Eyes of Kesteven: How the Worldviews of Margaret Thatcher and Her Cabinet Influenced British Foreign Policy
Scott Crichlow

5. George W. Bush and the Vulcans: Leader-Advisor relations and America’s Response to the 9/11 Attacks
Sam Robison

Part IV. Applications: The Domain of International Security

6. Reagan and Gorbachev: Altercasting at the End of the Cold War
Akan Malici

7. Crisis Deferred: An Operational Code Analysis of Chinese Leaders Across the Strait
Huiyun Feng

8. Links Among Beliefs and Personality Traits: The Distinctive Language of Terrorists
Elena Lazarevska, Jayne M. Sholl, Michael D. Young

Part V. Applications: The Domain of International Political Economy

9. Economic Sanctions and Operational Code Analysis: Beliefs and the Use of Economic Coercion
A. Cooper Drury

10. Economic Liberalism and the Operational Code Beliefs of U.S. Presidents: The Initiation of Nafta Disputes, 1989–2002
Matthew Stevenson

11. Bankers and Beliefs: The Political Psychology of the Asian Financial Crisis
Cameron G. Thies

Part VI. Conclusion

12. Structural International Relations Theories and the Future of Operational Code Analysis
Stephen G. Walker, Mark Schafer

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Diplomacy