Beliefs and Leadership in World Politics

Operational Code Analysis: An Overview; S.G.Walker & M.Schafer PART I: METHODS: CONTENT ANALYSIS AND FORMAL MODELS Issues in the 'At a Distance' Assessment of Political Leaders: Content Analysis by Hand and by Machine; M.Schafer & S.G.Walker A World of Beliefs: Simulating Interactions Among Agents with Different Operational Codes; B. Gregory Marfleet & S.G.Walker PART II: APPLICATIONS: THE DOMAIN OF LEADER-ADVISOR RELATIONS The Eyes of Kesteven: How the Worldviews of Margaret Thatcher and Her Cabinet Influenced British Foreign Policy; S.Crichlow George W. Bush and the Rise of the Vulcans: Leader-Advisor Relations and America's Response to the 9/11 Attacks; S.Robinson PART III: APPLICATIONS: THE DOMAIN OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY A New Taiwan Crisis Deferred: An Operational Code Analysis of Chinese Leaders Across the Straits; H.Feng Subjective Games and Unexpected Moves: Altercasting at the End of the Cold War; A.Malici The Distinctive Language of Terrorists; E.Lazarevska, J.Sholl &M.Young PART IV: APPLICATIONS: THE DOMAIN OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OPERATIONAL CODE ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS: HOW U.S. PRESIDENTS PERCEIVE AND USE ECONOMIC COERCION; C.Drury Beliefs About Relative vs. Absolute Gains: U.S. Presidents and NAFTA Trade Disputes; M.Stevenson Operational Code Analysis and the World Bank: The Political Psychology of Financial Crisis in Southeast Asia; C.Thies Structural International Relations Theories and the Future of Operational Code Analysis; S.G. Walker & M.Schafer

MARK SCHAFER is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Louisiana State University, USA.

STEPHEN G. WALKER is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Arizona State University, USA.