Democratic Participation in the Air Strikes Against Islamic State: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Journal: Foreign Policy Analysis
Year: 2016

Although over sixty partners have joined the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS), only a handful of states was willing to carry out air strikes against IS-targets. This article aims to explain the pattern of democratic participation in the air campaign. It builds on the rich literature on military burden sharing and democratic peace theory to develop a multi-causal model, which is tested with Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The results of the analysis suggest that the pattern of pa