
Hanna Bäck
Professor

War, Performance, and the Survival of Foreign Ministers
Author
Summary, in English
Why do some foreign ministers stay longer in office than others? Are they punished when the country loses a war? Several scholars have focused on the tenure of leaders as an important predictor of foreign policy outcomes, such as war onset, creating an interest in leadership survival. We here shift the focus to the survival of other important politicians in cabinet-foreign ministers, hypothesizing that their tenure depends on their performance in office. For example, we expect that foreign ministers stay longer in office when the country experiences an armed conflict resulting in a win or in a compromise agreement. We evaluate and find support for several of our hypotheses using an original historical dataset, which comprises all foreign ministers of the world's thirteen great powers from the early modern period to the present, covering about 1,100 foreign minister-terms of office.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
2021
Language
English
Publication/Series
Foreign Policy Analysis
Volume
17
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
International Studies Association
Topic
- Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1743-8586