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Chapter 10 - When Are Warnings Heeded and What Can Warners Do?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2019

Christoph O. Meyer
Affiliation:
King's College London
Chiara De Franco
Affiliation:
University of Southern Denmark
Florian Otto
Affiliation:
Control Risks, Frankfurt
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The concluding chapter draws on findings from preceding chapters to return to the original question: What makes warnings about conflicts in foreign countries persuasive? It argues that existing research in conflict prevention has tended to over-count warnings and exaggerate their persuasiveness. Most analytical products dealing with the political situation in foreign countries did not clearly announce themselves as warnings, or their warning content was highly hedged, opaque or hidden within conventional reporting or current intelligence. At the same time, inside-up warnings are influenced by outside-in warnings and the broader information environment created by media and NGOs. Six ‘first order’ factors are most significant to explain the findings as they shape persuasion paths: diagnostic difficulties specific to each case, the level of political equity at stake in a given country, individual capacities and the credibility of inside-up warners, the degree of engagement of a small group of highly capable and credible outside-in warners, the degree of agenda competition and, finally, the role of pre-existing policy biases. The chapter examines what these findings mean for prospective warners, which questions they should ask themselves, and how they can increase the chances of their warnings being listened to and, perhaps, even heeded.

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Warning about War
Conflict, Persuasion and Foreign Policy
, pp. 265 - 283
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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