Deterrence theory refers to the scholarship and practice of how threats of using force by one party can convince another party to refrain from initiating...

annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on the theory of rational deterrence, which holds that the threat of using strong weapons against...

Deterrence in relation to criminal offending is the idea or theory that the threat of punishment will deter people from committing crime and reduce the...

Look up deterrence or deterrent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deterrence may refer to: Deterrence theory, a theory of war, especially regarding nuclear...

Introduction to Strategy" and later "Deterrence and Strategy". His insight greatly influenced deterrence-theory analysis within international-relations...

"games and theory". The 1964 film Dr. Strangelove satirizes game theoretic ideas about deterrence theory. For example, nuclear deterrence depends on the...

study. The methodology behind the program demonstrates the use of deterrence theory in preventing crime. In 2005, Harvard University and Suffolk University...

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nuclear strategy, minimal deterrence, also known as minimum deterrence and finite deterrence, is an application of deterrence theory in which a state possesses...

Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence...

store paradox is an apparent game theory paradox describing the decisions a chain store might make, where a "deterrence strategy" appears optimal instead...

Project A119, also known as A Study of Lunar Research Flights, was a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the United States Air Force. The aim of the project...

justifying why convicted offenders should be punished. According to the deterrence theory of law, one key aspect of punishment for law violation is to motivate...

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; R. Powell (1990). Nuclear Deterrence Theory: The Search for Credibility. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press...

The Baruch Plan was a proposal put forward by the United States government on 14 June 1946 to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC) during...

reference to the deterrence theory, according to which punishing a behavior will decrease the violations both by the wrongdoer (specific deterrence) and by others...

deterrence, and economic sanctions. They list eight reasons why theories are important. The problems that arise from inadequate attention to theory is...

outside of war. Appeasement Christian pacifism Democratic peace theory Deterrence theory Peace and conflict studies Right of conquest Cicero, Marcus Tullius;...

dissuasion (English: 'Deterrence Force'), known as the Force de frappe (English: 'Strike Force') prior to 1961, is the French nuclear deterrence force. The Force...

Organization (38): 135–144. Keel, Robert O. "Rational Choice and Deterrence Theory". Sociology of Deviant Behavior. O'Grady, William (2011). Crime in...

limit the tension was to have many negotiations and discussion about deterrence, holding each other responsible for keeping peace through full communication...

(Tierney:1996, 277). Akers, Ronald L. (1990). "Rational Choice, Deterrence, and Social Learning Theory: The Path Not Taken". Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology...

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force (sometimes called a glass plate) is a strategic approach in deterrence theory. The tripwire force is a military force smaller than that of a potential...

The Full spectrum deterrence (previously known as Minimum Credible Deterrence (MCD; officially named N-deterrence) is the defence and strategic principle...

crisis to prevent unwanted military escalation." As distinguished from deterrence theory, which is a strategy aimed at maintaining the status quo (dissuading...

The NATO Double-Track Decision was the decision by NATO from December 12, 1979, to offer the Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range ballistic...

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Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive deterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself...