Cold War Tango
- URL
- https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/184943/
- Description
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Summit meetings between Soviet and American leaders critically influenced events during the cold war. However, despite their significance, little is known about why these meetings transpired. This paper provides a crucial understanding for when leaders sought summit meetings and when the meetings actually occurred. Moving beyond previous research that focuses on particular meetings or leaders, this study develops a theory of leadership security to explain why leaders sought summits. This theory is tested using a new dataset developed by the author, with the results showing the tenure in office and job security were more critical in determining the desire for a meeting than strategic or economic concerns.
The dataset includes new data on when leaders sought summits, when summits occurred, and Soviet leader security. - Sample
- Format
- Single study
- Country
- Russia and United States
- Title
- Cold War Tango
- Format
- Single study