War decision and neoclassical realism: the entry of the Ottoman Empire into the First World War
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[1] Sakarya University
Sakarya University
Turquía
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- Localización: War in history, ISSN-e 1477-0385, ISSN 0968-3445, Vol. 27, Nº. 4, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Sir Hew Strachan), págs. 643-669
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Why did the fracturing Ottoman Empire enter the Great War? Why did the Ottomans drag their feet for a period of three months although the alliance treaty stipulated that the Ottomans should enter the war against Russia if the latter fought with Germany? This article sets forth a neoclassical realist analysis of the war decision by the members of Ottoman foreign policy executive as the outcome of dynamic interactions between the systemic stimuli/structural modifiers and unit-level variables that occurred in a limited time frame (August to November 1914) and sequentially influenced the strategic calculus of the actors involved. It demonstrates that a changing amalgamation of systemic and unit-level factors were instrumental in the Ottoman decision to enter the Great War, the most prominent of which was the divided foreign policy executive.
