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Reputation for Resolve, Interests, and Conflict
Clare, Joe; Danilovic, Vesna - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 29 (2012) 1, pp. 3-27
of deterrence crises for the period 1895–1985. The findings indicate that, while reputation matters, its impact is …
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Explaining Limited Conflicts
Kilgour, D. Marc; Zagare, Frank C. - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 24 (2007) 1, pp. 65-82
This report uses a generic two-stage escalation model to ask whether and when limited conflicts can occur. There are two players in the model: Challenger and Defender. Challenger can either initiate a conflict or not. If Challenger initiates, Defender can concede, respond-in-kind, or escalate....
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Nuclear Weapons as Shields
Beardsley, Kyle; Asal, Victor - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 26 (2009) 3, pp. 235-255
What security benefits do nuclear weapons provide to their possessors? After accounting for two potential selection effects, the empirical evidence from all international crises from 1945 to 2000 indicates that opponents of nuclear-weapon states demonstrate restraint in turning to violent...
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Getting NATO's Success in Kosovo Right: The Theory and Logic of Counter-Coercion
Harvey, Frank P. - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 23 (2006) 2, pp. 139-158
The overwhelming consensus in the literature on Slobodan Milosevic's decision to pull Serb troops out of Kosovo in June, 1999, is very clear—his concession after 78 days of bombing was a direct product of both air strikes and NATO's preparations for a ground war. Most analysts believe it...
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Deterrence and System Management: The Case of North Korea
Morgan, Patrick M. - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 23 (2006) 2, pp. 121-138
The recent North Korean crisis is the latest phase in a lengthy U.S.-North Korean deterrence relationship. That … relationship, particularly its problems and limitations, is reviewed and the effectiveness of each side's contemporary deterrence … posture is assessed. It is noted that deterrence and compellence have not prevented the emergence of the North's nuclear …
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Bargaining and the Failure of Asymmetric Deterrence: Trading off the Risk of War for the Promise of a Better Deal
Langlois, Catherine C.; Langlois, Jean-Pierre P. - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 23 (2006) 2, pp. 159-180
failure of asymmetric deterrence. The model we develop to support this claim allows repeated rounds of bargaining, crisis, and … two sides respective bargaining positions. We therefore identify a tradeoff between bargaining and deterrence that leave …
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Disputed territory, defensive alliances and conflict initiation
Wright, Thorin M.; Rider, Toby J. - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 31 (2014) 2, pp. 119-144
In this study, we evaluate the effects of alliance behavior on the probability of militarized conflict initiation with specific emphasis placed on the issues at stake in the conflict. After much debate over the relationship between alliances and conflict, recent research suggests that specific...
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Power and Deterrence in Alliance Relationships
Langlois, Catherine C. - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 29 (2012) 2, pp. 148-169
deterrence and willingness to intervene. In alliances with the defender, uncertainty about the enemy’s strength leads the third …
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