The Subversive Trilemma The Subversive Trilemma Why Cyber Operations Fall Short of Expectations Lennart Maschmeyer For three decades, states have engaged in cyber conºict, yet the strategic utility of cyber opera- tions remains unclear. Strategic…
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Collective Resilience
Collective Resilience Collective Resilience Victor D. Cha Deterring China’s Weaponization of Economic Interdependence When Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in 2022 to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, it was…
The Peril of Peaking Powers
The Peril of Peaking Powers The Peril of Peaking Powers Michael Beckley Economic Slowdowns and Implications for China’s Next Decade When and why do rising powers expand aggressively abroad? From ancient times to the present,…
Dealers and Brokers in Civil Wars
Dealers and Brokers in Civil Wars Dealers and Brokers in Civil Wars Niklas Karlén and Vladimir Rauta Why States Delegate Rebel Support to Conduit Countries External state support to non-state armed groups is commonly presented…
The Path to Atonement
The Path to Atonement The Path to Atonement Kathrin Bachleitner West Germany and Israel after the Holocaust Atonement is the state practice through which political representatives issue ofªcial apologies and reparation payments to the victims…
Rise or Recede?
Rise or Recede? Rise or Recede? Tobias Ide How Climate Disasters Affect Armed Conºict Intensity Both scholars and policymakers have expressed concerns about the security implications of cli- mate change, with disasters such as storms,…
The Belligerent Bear
The Belligerent Bear The Belligerent Bear Pål Røren Russia, Status Orders, and War Do states get higher social status from ªghting? The relationship between war and social status in world politics has been widely explored…
The Cult of the Persuasive
The Cult of the Persuasive The Cult of the Persuasive Rachel Tecott Metz Why U.S. Security Assistance Fails the Second Division of the Iraqi Army melted away and a few hundred Islamic State ªghters in…
The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship
The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship Reid B. C. Pauly and Rose McDermott Although the role of psychology and human emotions has increasingly made inroads into our under- standing of the…