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Nationalist Disputes: Primers for Bilateral Cooperation? Experimental Survey Evidence from Japan
Cichanowicz, Timothy
Cichanowicz, Timothy
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How do nationalist disputes between countries affect the foreign policy preferences ofindividuals? Nationalist disputes are often initiated when members of a state disapprove ofanother state’s behavior whether it be their foreign policy choices or over a disputed territory.Much is known about how these disputes are initiated and what economic effects they have onthe targeted state but it's unclear how these disputes affect the policy preferences of the masspublic within participating states. The conventional wisdom suggests that because of thenationalistic nature of these disputes and domestic politician’s willingness to play into themcitizens should favor more aggressive foreign policies when faced with them. I fielded a surveyexperiment in Japan where respondents were primed with a nationalist dispute that their countryis having with rival South Korea. Though this sample is proud to be Japanese and views bilateralproblems with Korea as important, they largely respond to nationalist tensions out of a desire tocooperate more with Korea rather than less. These findings challenge the conventional wisdomthat nationalism inhibits cooperation and instead suggest that individuals may potentiallyrespond to such tensions with a constructive desire to increase bilateral cooperation.
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2023-05-31
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University of Kansas
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International relations, Dispute, Japan, Korea, Nationalism, Nationalist, Territory