There are two types of deterrence – specific and general. Specific deterrence focuses on the risk of recidivism by the individual defendant. General deterrence is focused on preventing others ...

Existing in a world with nuclear weapons is somewhat like living in a house with a sleeping dragon. You spend most of your time—work, chores, little pleasures—but you can’t help but remember what’s ...

Depending on the type of deterrence theory, the audience of declaratory policy may be different. For second wave deterrence theorist Thomas Schelling, the audience is the enemy power targeted for ...

National security specialists talk about deterrence a lot. Like, a lot.Analysts are churning out a steady stream of articles debating how best to deter a variety of actors from taking a variety of ...

During the Cold War, the United States became an expert in the concept of nuclear deterrence. But this isn’t the 20th century, and North Korea is no Soviet Union.

Deterrence is not focused on preventing actions in a given domain or with certain types of weapons (e.g., space or cyber capabilities), but about achieving certain political goals.

Crime Deterrence; Crime Deterrence. While it’s common for travelers to focus their concerns on violent crime, kidnapping or terrorism, the most common crimes abroad are petty crimes, ... Recognize ...

Beware, reader, in exploring this topic: Deterrence strategy is one of the wooliest and most abstract areas of defense analysis. In the early Cold War decades, it was the province of professors ...

Regarding Sorin Adam Matei’s “The Ukraine War Calls for a Revival of Deterrence Theory” (op-ed, Aug. 23): Classical deterrence theory had a simple unifying goal: Defend democracy from ...