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Honor-related social contract disconnects and a bilateral U.S.-Russia modus vivendi
(2023-04-20)
Is strategic stability between the United States (U.S.) and Russia realistic or are post-Cold War U.S.-Russian relations destined to fail? Is it possible for U.S.-Russian negotiations to result in a mutually acceptable ...
A New Korean Sunshine: Managing the New Nuclear Crisis Through Limited Nuclear Deterrence and Economic Prosperity on the Korean Peninsula
(2021-05-21)
Negotiations for denuclearization and disarmament of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (DPRK) have thus far failed. Economic sanctions, threats and nuclear
treaties from world powers have proven to be ineffective ...
The Curious Case of the Withdrawal from the Joint Commission Plan of Action (JCPOA): Islamophobia, Racism, and Foreign Policy
(2022-04-21)
The United States' relationship with Iran has been more negative than positive over the last forty years. That relationship seemed to change when the 45th President of the United States, President Barack Obama, and five ...
Emerging Anti-satellite Capabilities and the Recourse to Deterrence Theory in Practice
(2023-04-20)
The expansion of space-based capabilities has ballooned over the past six decades in response to the rapid growth of technological advancements and simultaneous lowering of costs for their production. Satellites are now ...
Convergent Evolution in Aspiring Dictatorships: Developing a Generalized Theory of the Strategy Used to Undermine Democratic Development in Middle Hybrid Regimes
(2022-10-13)
This thesis develops and tests a generalized theory of democratic backsliding. It proposes that only three factors, ethno-nationalist rhetoric, control of the judiciary, and control of the media are both necessary and ...
From Nuclear Arms Reductions and Détente to PD-59 and Limited Nuclear Strikes: Understanding the Change in the Carter Administration's Nuclear Strategy
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President Jimmy Carter took office with the intention to halt nuclear proliferation, to implement reductions in the U.S. nuclear arsenal and to maintain détente with the Kremlin. Yet the president ended his ...
Damned Cascades: The Stochasticity of Behavioral Models vis-à-vis the Motivations of First Movers, and the Mechanics of Popular Movements
(2022-12-20)
This study shows that there is a correlation between the founders and co-founders of start-ups and first movers in popular uprisings in terms of their motivations at different points in their respective journeys. It argues ...
Words and Actions: Understanding Russia’s Information Security Strategy
(2023-04-25)
Do Russia’s resource allocations and observable behavior in the sphere of information security correspond with its stated strategy in that domain? The answer to this question is important because Russia increasingly relies ...
The Threat Multiplier: Analyzing the Relationship between Climate Change and the Emergence of Violent Non-State Actors in Western Africa
(2021-05-07)
The impact of climate change on the growth of violent non-state actors is a hotly debated topic with great implications for the stability and growth of the Africa. In the last few years, several groups have made significant ...
Grey Zone Tactics as Catalysts for Balancing Coalitions: A Level of Analysis Approach
(2022-05-10)
This paper frames the efficacy of grey zone tactics and their ability to trigger balancing coalitions as a level of analysis question.
External players usually analyze People’s Republic of China (PRC) grey zone tactics ...