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The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence

open access: yesGlobal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Политика США по созданию систем противоракетной обороны в балтийском и североевропейском регионах [PDF]

open access: yesБалтийский регион, 2016
This article examines the implications of the deployment of the US ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in the Baltic and Nordic regions. These implications are to be considered to ensure Russia’s military security.
Konyshev Valery   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between Hedging and Bandwagoning: E3 and Iran's Nuclear Program From the JCPOA to the 2026 “Ramadan War”

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the evolution of the European Troika's narratives on Iran's nuclear program, from the aftermath of the JCPOA to the 2026 “Ramadan War.” Drawing on an analysis of 55 official statements by E3 leaders and diplomats, the study traces how the E3 shifted between a posture of normative hedging and one of bandwagoning.
Mohammad Eslami
wiley   +1 more source

South Korea's THAAD Decision at the Domestic–International Nexus: Preferences, Information, and Constraints

open access: yesPacific 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
wiley   +1 more source

New Trends in the Development of the US-Japan Military and Political Relations

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2012
The article examines recent trends in the development of the US-Japan political and defense alliance, including the sphere of operational planning and coordination.
D. V. Streltsov
doaj   +1 more source

When does category spanning hurt or help producers?

open access: yesStrategic 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
wiley   +1 more source

Complementarity in alliances: How strategic compatibility and hierarchy promote efficient cooperation in international security

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 3, Page 925-945, July 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Cruising Together: How the Europeans Tipped the Scales for the Ground‐Launched Cruise Missile

open access: yesGlobal Policy, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 506-511, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In the 1970s, the United States adopted the ground‐launched cruise missile (GLCM) despite opposition from the military and the lack of an established military requirement. The case is, thus, at odds with common models of military innovation that rely on military utility and organizational interests for their explanatory power.
Tim Thies
wiley   +1 more source

Iran's Forward Defense in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesMiddle 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
wiley   +1 more source

Signals, Red Lines, and Collision: The Israel‐Iran Spiral and US Intervention

open access: yesMiddle 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
wiley   +1 more source

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