Cognitivism, prospect theory, and foreign policy change : a comparative analysis of the politics of counterinsurgency in Malaya and Afghanistan/

SIMON Eszter

Cognitivism, prospect theory, and foreign policy change : a comparative analysis of the politics of counterinsurgency in Malaya and Afghanistan/ Eszter Simon - 2015

This article uses a comparative approach contrasting America's Afghanistan policy from the outbreak of the insurgency in2003-2014 with British policy against communist insurgents in Malaya between 1948-1954. The anlysis of government policy making in Malaya holds some important political lessons for American leaders today despite differences between insurgencies in Afghnistan and British Malaya.


MALAYA -- COUNTERINSURGENCY -- FOREIGN POLICY
AFGHANISTAN
UNITED STATES
UNITED KINGDOM