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Extended deterrence and alliance formation

International Interactions, 1998
Inductive approaches have little conclusive to say about whether alliances make war more or less likely. Moreover, the empirical associations are ambiguous. Modeling alliance formation in an incomplete information setting reveals that alliances have predictable effects on the behavior of nations.
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Three-Party Extended Deterrence

2011
The previous two chapters tried to bridge the divide that separates formal and quantitative research on general deterrence by focusing on empirical analyses, through developing a method to select cases of general deterrence and testing the equilibrium predictions of perfect deterrence theory.
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Power changes, alliance credibility, and extended deterrence

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2019
A primary motivation for forming military alliances is to deter adversaries. However, some alliances are more effective at deterrence than others. Deterrence theory suggests that an alliance may fail to deter if the commitment is not considered credible by adversaries.
Jesse C Johnson, Stephen Joiner
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NATO, Missile Defence and Extended Deterrence

Survival, 2009
NATO should use the next decade to incrementally change its extended deterrence posture from the traditional emphasis on the stationing of US nuclear forces in Europe to a concept that relies upon missile defence. Even if there is a dramatic deterioration of relations with Russia or a nuclear Iran triggers a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, it ...
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EXTENDED DETERRENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

The Nonproliferation Review, 2012
The article presents and analyzes the US extended deterrence commitments in the Middle East as well as those provided by regional states, and assesses the effectiveness and credibility of these commitments. The article then proceeds to analyze a situation wherein Iran successfully develops nuclear weapons.
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The evolution and future of extended nuclear deterrence

The Adelphi Papers, 1989
No aspect of the nuclear dilemma has been more fruitful of plans and programs, of issues and controversies, in military strategy and arms control policy, than extended nuclear deterrence ...
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Some (Western) Dilemmas in Managing Extended Deterrence

Journal of Peace Research, 1985
It is argued that extended deterrence in the bipolar subsystem has contributed to the prevention of war in the past. It makes sense to assume that past success repeats itself in the future, if past success is theoretically well understood and the expectation of future success theoretically defensible.
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Extended Deterrence and First Nuclear Use

1986
We now turn to the crucial issues of escalation from conventional to nuclear force levels and from one nuclear force level to another.
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Uncharted Waters: Extended Deterrence and Maritime Disputes

The Washington Quarterly, 2015
“Let me reiterate that our treaty commitment to Japan's security is absolute,” declared President Barack Obama in Tokyo in April 2014.
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NATO Extended Deterrence and ROK-US Alliance Extended Deterrence: Beyond Comparison

Korean Journal of Military Affairs, 2023
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