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The New Era of Counterforce: Technological Change and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence
- Keir A. Lieber, Daryl G. Press
- Political ScienceInternational Security
- 25 April 2017
Nuclear deterrence rests on the survivability of nuclear arsenals. For much of the nuclear age, “counterforce” disarming attacks—those aimed at eliminating an opponent's nuclear forces—were nearly…
The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation: Identity, Emotions, and Foreign Policy
- Keir A. Lieber
- Political ScienceThe Journal of Politics
- 1 February 2007
gions should and should not be global players. It does not claim to be a theological work, but refreshingly it does “take religion seriously from the viewpoint of religious practitioners” (8). And it…
Waiting for Balancing: Why the World Is Not Pushing Back
- Keir A. Lieber, G. Alexander
- Political ScienceInternational Security
- 27 September 2005
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, many observers predicted a rise in balancing against the United States. More recently, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has generated renewed warnings…
The End of MAD? The Nuclear Dimension of U.S. Primacy
- Keir A. Lieber, Daryl G. Press
- Political ScienceInternational Security
- 26 April 2006
For nearly half a century, the world's most powerful nuclear-armed states have been locked in a condition of mutual assured destruction. Since the end of the Cold War, however, the nuclear balance…
Grasping the Technological Peace: The Offense-Defense Balance and International Security
- Keir A. Lieber
- Political ScienceInternational Security
- 1 July 2000
Offense-defense theory argues that international conoict and war are more likely when offensive military operations have the advantage over defensive operations, whereas cooperation and peace are…
War and the Engineers: The Primacy of Politics over Technology
- Keir A. Lieber
- Economics
- 25 October 2005
The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution
- Keir A. Lieber, Daryl G. Press
- Political Science
- 15 June 2020
Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these fearsome weapons can stop competing so…
New Era of Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Conflict
- Keir A. Lieber, Daryl G. Press
- Political Science
- 2013
Military/War and warfare; Military/Defense policy and doctrine; Weapons and weapon systems/Nuclear and radiological weapons; Politics and government/International relations
The New History of World War I and What It Means for International Relations Theory
- Keir A. Lieber
- History, Political ScienceInternational Security
- 28 September 2007
World War I looms large in international relations theory. The core concepts of defensive realismthe security dilemma, spiral model, and offense-defense balancewere largely inspired by this single…
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