Alliance Persistence within the Anglo-American Special Relationship

The Post-Cold War Era

Ruike Xu

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9783319496184
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319496191
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book seeks to demystify the persistence of the Anglo-American Special Relationship (AASR) in the post-Cold War era by constructing a new theory of alliance persistence. This theory of alliance persistence not only has stronger explanatory power than the predominant model of interests and sentiments, but also opens a new way for understanding what factors have prevented the AASR from collapsing. This innovative new volume fills the gap in AASR literature by focusing on the important role of institutionalization in sustaining the AASR, a factor that has been significantly overlooked in existing academic research. 

Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Explaining the Persistence of the AASR: An Alliance Persistence Perspective
• Chapter 3: Asymmetrical Distribution of Power and the Persistence of the Utilitarian AASR in the Post-Cold War Era
• Chapter 4: Collective Identity and the Persistence of the Fraternal AASR in the Post-Cold War Era
• Chapter 5: Institutionalisation and the Persistence of the Sticky AASR in the Post-Cold War Era
• Chapter 6: Common Threats and the Persistence of the Vigilant AASR in the Post-Cold War Era
• Chapter 7: Conclusion: A Theory of Alliance Persistence and the Future of the AASR
• Appendix 1: List of Interviewees
• Appendix 2: The US’s Special Relationships and the Dates When They Were Publicly Acknowledged by American Presidents
• Appendix 3: The JIC Estimates on Iraq’s WMD, 1990–2002
• Appendix 4: The American Intelligence Community’s Estimates on Iraq’s WMD, 1996–2002
• Bibliography
• Index