Deterrence theory is a key concept in criminology that suggests individuals are less likely to engage in criminal behavior if they perceive the risks and consequences of being caught outweigh the ...

Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation ...

This is a problem that China's younger generation of strategists - a small group that includes Jiang - is trying to address by building a distinctly Chinese approach to deterrence theory.

The best that the advocates of minimum deterrence can say for their policy is that it is an unproven theory. We in the opposite camp disagree: we say that minimum deterrence has been proven wrong.

Melissa Parke calls for eliminating arsenals to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The ‘madman’ formulation in deterrence theory, predicated on uncertainty and irrationality, was postulated by American academics and analysts in the early decades of the Cold War.

Citations: Wiseman, Alan. 2006. A Theory of Partisan Support and Entry Deterrence in Electoral Competition. Journal of Theoretical Politics. (2)123-158.

It also called for an end to rationalizing nuclear deterrence theory, arguing that the policy of mutual assured destruction (MAD) threatened national security and increased the risk that nuclear ...

PURPOSE: BUILD AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS TO STRENGTHEN DETERRENCE. Widespread alarmism about autonomous weapons has undermined U.S. military competitiveness. Autonomous weapons are not inherently unethical ...

17. Paul Ducheine and Peter Pijpers, “The Missing Component in Deterrence Theory: The Legal Framework,” in Frans Osinga and Tim Sweijs, eds., NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2020 ...