Emotions matter in politics-enthusiastic supporters return politicians to office, angry citizens
march in the streets, a fearful public demands protection from the government. Anxious …

Social and political psychologists have attempted to reveal the reasons why individuals and
societies that acknowledge that peace would improve their personal and collective well …

In this article, we use the issue of immigration to explore the role of anxiety in responses to
political appeals. According to previous literature, anxiety motivates citizens to learn and pay …

War and security foreign policies 152 Why states prefer certain military/strategic options over
others: the role of strategic culture 157 Preventing war: creating stable balances of power …

This article explores those emotions conditioning the EU's response to Russia's 24 February
2022 invasion of Ukraine. We argue that the invasion resulted in an unbottling of some …

The introduction of new policies can evoke strong emotional reactions by the public. Yet,
social‐psychological research has paid little attention to affective determinants of individual …

Emotions are crucial to geographies of performance, yet our understanding of their role in
diplomacy is not well developed despite many calls, especially from feminist geographers …

While emotions are widely regarded as integral to the “behavioral approach” to International
Relations (IR), a host of fundamental problems have delayed the integration of affective …

How and why do people make political decisions? This book is the first to present a unified
framework of the Behavioral Political Science paradigm.–BPS presents a range of …

Intractable conflicts constitute violent and threatening environments that lead to intense
emotions and polarized attitudes. Sadness is one emotion frequently elicited by the price of …