Deterrence theory refers to the scholarship and practice of how threats of using force by one party can convince another party to refrain from initiating...
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Mutual assured destruction (redirect from Mutual deterrence)
annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on the theory of rational deterrence, which holds that the threat of using strong weapons against...
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Deterrence in relation to criminal offending is the idea or theory that the threat of punishment will deter people from committing crime and reduce the...
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Look up deterrence or deterrent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deterrence may refer to: Deterrence theory, a theory of war, especially regarding nuclear...
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André Beaufre (section Influence on deterrence theory)
Introduction to Strategy" and later "Deterrence and Strategy". His insight greatly influenced deterrence-theory analysis within international-relations...
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"games and theory". The 1964 film Dr. Strangelove satirizes game theoretic ideas about deterrence theory. For example, nuclear deterrence depends on the...
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nuclear strategy, minimal deterrence, also known as minimum deterrence and finite deterrence, is an application of deterrence theory in which a state possesses...
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assurances of future behavior. United States portal Politics portal Deterrence theory Operation Giant Lance Brinkmanship Good cop/bad cop Jacobson, Zachary...
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study. The methodology behind the program demonstrates the use of deterrence theory in preventing crime. In 2005, Harvard University and Suffolk University...
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Project A119 (category Deterrence theory during the Cold War)
Project A119, also known as A Study of Lunar Research Flights, was a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the United States Air Force. The aim of the project...
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Chainstore paradox (category Game theory)
store paradox is an apparent game theory paradox describing the decisions a chain store might make, where a "deterrence strategy" appears optimal instead...
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Kavka in "The Toxin Puzzle" (1983), and grew out of his work in deterrence theory and mutual assured destruction. Kavka's original version of the puzzle...
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Stanislav Petrov (category Deterrence theory during the Cold War)
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence...
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unit Theory Air supremacy Appeasement Command of the sea Deterrence theory Full-spectrum dominance Overmatch Unrestricted Warfare Just war theory Principles...
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outside of war. Appeasement Christian pacifism Democratic peace theory Deterrence theory Peace and conflict studies Right of conquest Moral equality of...
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; R. Powell (1990). Nuclear Deterrence Theory: The Search for Credibility. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press...
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(Tierney:1996, 277). Akers, Ronald L. (1990). "Rational Choice, Deterrence, and Social Learning Theory: The Path Not Taken". Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology...
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Tripwire force (section Examples in theory)
force (sometimes called a glass plate) is a strategic approach in deterrence theory. The tripwire force is a military force smaller than that of a potential...
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Baruch Plan (category Deterrence theory during the Cold War)
The Baruch Plan was a proposal put forward by the United States government on 14 June 1946 to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC) during...
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John Mearsheimer (section Conventional Deterrence)
deterrence, and economic sanctions. They list eight reasons why theories are important. The problems that arise from inadequate attention to theory is...
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Military theory is the study of the theories which define, inform, guide and explain war and warfare. Military Theory analyses both normative behavioral...
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reference to deterrence theory, according to which punishing a behavior will decrease the violations both by the wrongdoer (specific deterrence) and by others...
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Russian invasion of Ukraine. Brinkmanship Deterrence theory Doomsday Clock Essentials of Post–Cold War Deterrence Mutual assured destruction Nuclear risk...
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Force de dissuasion (category Deterrence theory during the Cold War)
dissuasion (English: 'Deterrence Force'), known as the Force de frappe (English: 'Strike Force') prior to 1961, is the French nuclear deterrence force. The Force...
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Motivation (redirect from Motivational Theory)
justifying why convicted offenders should be punished. According to the deterrence theory of law, one key aspect of punishment for law violation is to motivate...
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descriptions of redirect targets Just war theory – Doctrine about when a war is ethically just Deterrence theory – Military strategy during the Cold War...
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Security dilemma (category International relations theory)
territory ("direct deterrence") Preventing armed attack against the territory of another country ("extended deterrence") Using deterrence against a short-term...
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NATO Double-Track Decision (category Deterrence theory during the Cold War)
The NATO Double-Track Decision was the decision by NATO from December 12, 1979, to offer the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range...
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (category Deterrence theory during the Cold War)
limit the tension was to have many negotiations and discussion about deterrence, holding each other responsible for keeping peace through full communication...
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October 2016. Francis Newton Souza (1982). The White Flag Revolution: A New Theory, a New Symbol, a New Force, a New Art. Mastermind Publications. p. 70. Galliott...
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