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The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How can defense alliances reap the efficiency gains of working together when coordination and opportunism costs are high? Although specializing as part of a collective comes with economic and functional benefits, states must bargain over the distribution of those gains and ensure the costs of collective action are minimized.
J. Andrés Gannon
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Chasing gravity's rainbow: Kwajalein and US ballistic missile testing [PDF]
, 1991 The international regime for controlling the spread of weapons of mass destruction is at a cross-roads. The existing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty regime is inadequate to the task of controlling ballistic missile development, and these missiles are ...
Hayes, Peter +2 more
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Pacific Focus, EarlyView.ABSTRACT South Korean President Park Geun‐hye's 2016 decision to authorize the deployment of the U.S. Forces Korea THAAD system—and Beijing's subsequent economic and diplomatic coercion—marked a decisive inflection point in Seoul's China policy.
Joel Atkinson
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When does category spanning hurt or help producers?
Strategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 7, Page 1907-1934, July 2026.Abstract Research Summary Scholars have theorized many factors shaping whether category spanning helps or hurts producers. We first synthesize evidence by meta‐analyzing 25 years of empirical research, which reveals a null effect of spanning on average, yet with significant subsample heterogeneity. To unpack it, we theorize and find that spanning hurts
Jungsoo Ahn +2 more
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Iran's Forward Defense in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 57-71, Summer 2026.Abstract This article examines Iran's security and defense initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2024 and how they reflect the extraterritorial application of the regime's forward defense doctrine. In response to the long‐term erosion of its homeland defense capabilities since the Iran‐Iraq War of the 1980s—driven by infrastructure ...
Ariel Limanya Limbu, Ronen A. Cohen
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BMD Under the Radar? Explaining Labour's Ballistic Missile Defence Policy 1997-2010. A Strategic-Relational Approach. [PDF]
, 2021 While in office from 1997 to 2010 the Labour government incorporated the US’s ballistic missile defence (BMD) system into the UK's defence policy.
Simpkin, James William
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İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler DergisiThe Ballistic Missile Defence System (BMDS), like any system, has its effectiveness, which must be studied, because it determines the extent to which the goal of this system's existence is achieved.
Kenan Özden, Orhan Akzade
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Signals, Red Lines, and Collision: The Israel‐Iran Spiral and US Intervention
Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 5-23, Summer 2026.Abstract The Iran War erupted in February 2026 without UN authorization, and Washington's rationales—Iranian nuclear ambitions, missile capacity, and proxy threats—map more closely onto Israeli than US security interests. Why have we seen two major conflicts between these belligerents in less than one year?
Buğra Sari
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INDIA’S SUBMARINE FORCE MODERNIZATION AND ITS ROLE IN STRATEGIC DETERRENCE
Margalla PapersThe emergence of competition among 21st-century maritime powers has transformed the underwater region into an important region of deterrence and strategic influence.
Warda Tehreem
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