What effect does cheap talk have on behavior in an entry-deterrence game? We shed light on this question using …

This article establishes the prevalence of deterrence over preemption when targeted governments can choose between …

Why do targets sometimes make concessions when third parties offer assistance? Both the extended deterrence and … alliance literatures point to unreliable third parties to explain deterrence failure and target acquiescence. On the other hand …

conditions for successful deterrence or protest. Introducing incomplete information and a third-party threat additionally …

Existing nuclear deterrence scholarship evinces a pervasive “existential bias,†assuming that once a state merely … arsenals have little deterrence success, but I find that even assured retaliation postures fail to deter intense conventional … conflict. This suggests that the deterrence dividend is distributed unequally across nuclear powers, and that states may need …

expectations are in turn applied to an analysis of deterrence encounters among the major states. Results show that critical points … tend to incline states to initiate deterrence confrontations and escalate them to war. Democratic states, however, are less … occurrence and outcome of deterrence encounters among the great powers. …