Calculating Credibility
Title | Calculating Credibility PDF eBook |
Author | Daryl G. Press |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801474156 |
"Daryl G. Press uses historical evidence to answer two crucial questions: When a country backs down in a crisis, does its credibility suffer? How do leaders assess their adversaries' credibility? Press illuminates the decision-making processes behind events such as the crises in Europe that preceded World War II, the superpower showdowns over Berlin in the 1950s and 60s, and the Cuban Missile Crisis."--Page 4 of cover.
Calculating Credibility
Title | Calculating Credibility PDF eBook |
Author | Daryl Grayson Press |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Berlin (Germany) |
ISBN |
Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining and Granular Computing
Title | Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining and Granular Computing PDF eBook |
Author | Aijun An |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 598 |
Release | 2007-04-27 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 3540725296 |
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining, and Granular Computing, RSFDGrC 2007, held in Toronto, Canada in May 2007 in conjunction with the Second International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology, RSKT 2007, both as part of the Joint Rough Set Symposium, JRS 2007.
Fighting for Credibility
Title | Fighting for Credibility PDF eBook |
Author | Frank P. Harvey |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2017-01-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1487511760 |
When Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people in Syria, he clearly crossed President Barack Obama’s "red line." At the time, many argued that the president had to bomb in order to protect America's reputation for toughness, and therefore its credibility, abroad; others countered that concerns regarding reputation were overblown, and that reputations are irrelevant for coercive diplomacy. Whether international reputations matter is the question at the heart of Fighting for Credibility. For skeptics, past actions and reputations have no bearing on an adversary’s assessment of credibility; power and interests alone determine whether a threat is believed. Using a nuanced and sophisticated theory of rational deterrence, Frank P. Harvey and John Mitton argue the opposite: ignoring reputations sidesteps important factors about how adversaries perceive threats. Focusing on cases of asymmetric US encounters with smaller powers since the end of the Cold War including Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Syria, Harvey and Mitton reveal that reputations matter for credibility in international politics. This dynamic and deeply documented study successfully brings reputation back to the table of foreign diplomacy.
Frontier Computing
Title | Frontier Computing PDF eBook |
Author | Jason C. Hung |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 2003 |
Release | 2019-05-18 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9811336482 |
This book presents the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Frontier Computing, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 3–6, 2018, and provides comprehensive coverage of the latest advances and trends in information technology, science and engineering. It addresses a number of broad themes, including communication networks, business intelligence and knowledge management, web intelligence, and related fields that inspire the development of information technology. The contributions cover a wide range of topics: database and data mining, networking and communications, web and internet of things, embedded systems, soft computing, social network analysis, security and privacy, optical communication, and ubiquitous/pervasive computing. Many of the papers outline promising future research directions. The book is a valuable resource for students, researchers and professionals, and also offers a useful reference guide for newcomers to the field.
Federal Register
Title | Federal Register PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 654 |
Release | 2013-05 |
Genre | Delegated legislation |
ISBN |
Who Fights for Reputation
Title | Who Fights for Reputation PDF eBook |
Author | Keren Yarhi-Milo |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2018-09-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1400889987 |
How psychology explains why a leader is willing to use military force to protect or salvage reputation In Who Fights for Reputation, Keren Yarhi-Milo provides an original framework, based on insights from psychology, to explain why some political leaders are more willing to use military force to defend their reputation than others. Rather than focusing on a leader's background, beliefs, bargaining skills, or biases, Yarhi-Milo draws a systematic link between a trait called self-monitoring and foreign policy behavior. She examines self-monitoring among national leaders and advisers and shows that while high self-monitors modify their behavior strategically to cultivate image-enhancing status, low self-monitors are less likely to change their behavior in response to reputation concerns. Exploring self-monitoring through case studies of foreign policy crises during the terms of U.S. presidents Carter, Reagan, and Clinton, Yarhi-Milo disproves the notion that hawks are always more likely than doves to fight for reputation. Instead, Yarhi-Milo demonstrates that a decision maker's propensity for impression management is directly associated with the use of force to restore a reputation for resolve on the international stage. Who Fights for Reputation offers a brand-new understanding of the pivotal influence that psychological factors have on political leadership, military engagement, and the protection of public prestige.