International Security Journal Author Chats

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Nuclear Restraint — Gene Gerzhoy on International Security Author Chats

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Myth of Entangling Alliances — Michael Beckley on International Security Author Chats

Strategies of Inhibition — Frank Gavin on International Security Author Chats

Security Bazaar — Aisha Ahmad on International Security Author Chats

Mark Bell discusses his award winning article "Beyond Emboldenment: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons on State Foreign Policy." The article won the 2016 Weitsman Graduate Student Paper Award which is given by International Studies Association.

Beyond Emboldenment — Mark Bell on International Security Author Chats

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Assuring Assured Retaliation — M. Taylor Fravel on International Security Author Chats

Sean Lynn-Jones, Editor of the International Security, talks with Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, author of the article "Deal or No Deal? The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Offer to Limit NATO Expansion," which appears in the Spring 2016 issue of International Security.

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During the 1990 German reunification negotiations, did the United States promise the Soviet Union that it would not expand NATO into Eastern Europe? Although no written agreement exists, archival materials reveal that U.S. officials did indeed offer the Soviets informal non-expansion assurances, while keeping open the possibility of expansion and seeking to maximize U.S. power in post–Cold War Europe.

Deal or No Deal — Josh Shifrinson on International Security Author Chats

Joseph S. Nye explains how states can deter or dissuade adversaries in cyberspace.

More about the article: http://www.belfercenter.org/publication/deterrence-and-dissuasion-cyberspace

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Deterrence in Cyberspace — Joe Nye on International Security Author Chats

Vipin Narang explains how states choose among four possible strategies for developing nuclear weapons.

Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation — Vipin Narang on International Security Author Chats

Jacqueline Hazelton challenges the conventional wisdeom that states must make liberalizing reforms and win the population’s “hearts and minds” to defeat insurgencies.

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Read the article here: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/ISEC_a_00283

The "Hearts and Minds" Fallacy — Jacqueline Hazelton on International Security Author Chats

You can read the full article in the Fall 2017 issue of International Security here: http://hvrd.me/utFs30hx2Bl

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Nuclear Energy Programs and Proliferation — Nick Miller on IS Author Chats

Michael Beckley explains how China’s maritime neighbors can prevent China from dominating East Asia militarily.

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Read the article here: https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/emerging-military-balance-east-asia-how-chinas-neighbors-can-check-chinese-naval

The Emerging Military Balance in East Asia — Michael Beckley on IS Author Chats

Patrick Porter explains why the United States continues to pursue a grand strategy of primacy.

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Read the article: https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.1162/isec_a_00311

Why America’s Grand Strategy Has Not Changed — Patrick Porter on IS Author Chats

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Michael Beckley explains how power can be measured more accurately by calculating a country’s net resources.

Read the article: https://www.belfercenter.org/index.php/publication/power-nations-measuring-what-matters

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The Power of Nations: Measuring What Matters — Michael Beckley on IS Author Chats

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Reid B.C. Pauly explains how declassified records of wargames played by U.S. policymakers can reveal why nuclear weapons have not been used since 1945.

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Wargames and the Sources of Nuclear Restraint – Reid B.C. Pauly on IS Author Chats

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