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International Security is a leading peer-reviewed journal of security affairs, global and broadly defined.
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Joined July 2013
7) We hope you enjoy the new issue of International Security! Fall 2025:
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6) “To Agree or Not to Agree: Hawks, Doves, and Regime Type in International Rivalry and Rapprochement,” by Michael Goldfien https://t.co/16uPOqrke3
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Abstract. Existing scholarship emphasizes hawks’ advantages in making peace, but it is squarely focused on electorally accountable leaders, even though most international rivalries feature at least...
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5) “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Clients Evade Patrons’ Costly Strategic Demands,” by @djkim81
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Abstract. How do U.S. security clients cope with the United States’ strategic demands to take actions that conflict with their political or economic interests? Much of the literature on intra-allia...
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4) “Conventional Deterrence of Nuclear Use,” by Adam Mount https://t.co/Odgidbpcnf
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Abstract. Some academic literature and U.S. policy documents suggest that conventional deterrence is weaker than nuclear deterrence. But recent developments in U.S. policy suggest that conventional...
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3) “U.S. Space Power and Alliance Dynamics in the Cold War,” by @aaronbateman22
https://t.co/x9Hjx0rw1U This article is Open Access.
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Abstract. U.S. space power has long been anchored to terrestrial geography. In the Cold War, the United States depended on a global network of facilities to track and communicate with military,...
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2) Articles from the issue include: “The Rules-Based International Order: A Historical Analysis,” by Marc Trachtenberg https://t.co/tkzrPHIHii This article is ungated thanks to @mitpress.
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Abstract. There has been a good deal of talk in recent years about the “rules-based international order”—the system of laws, agreements, principles, and institutions that, many observers say, lay at...
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1) ***Announcement*** The new Fall 2025 issue is online! Read articles by Marc Trachtenberg, @aaronbateman 22, Adam Mount, @djkim81, and Michael Goldfien. https://t.co/DsYU0jt03G
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Bu ödülü Türkiye’de bir üniversiteden alan ilk insan olmaktan büyük şeref duydum! Koç Üniversitesi'ne araştırmalarıma verdiği destek için çok teşekkür ederim. International Security dergisi ekibine bu ödüle aday gösterdikleri için minnettarım. @kocuniversity @IntSecHarvard
Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk (Koç University, IR) for receiving the APSA 2025 International History & Politics Outstanding Article Award for his article in International Security. First time the award goes to a scholar based in Türkiye! #ResearchatKoçUniversity
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Fall 2025 issue preview @IntSecHarvard @mitpress! M. Trachtenberg @UCLA | rules-based international order @aaronbateman22 | U.S. space power Adam Mount | conventional deterrence of nuclear use @djkim81 | clients' demand evasion @MichaelGoldfien | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
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Conflict over Taiwan would promote escalation in ways U.S.-Soviet tensions in Europe never did, write Henrik Stålhane Hiim and Øystein Tunsjø in the Foreign Policy Essay. https://t.co/mBiQ1PXmrx
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6) “The U.S.-China Stability-Instability Paradox: Limited War in East Asia,” by Henrik Hiim and Øystein Tunsjø https://t.co/vKpfLMcN2E
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Abstract. With China and the United States seemingly locked in intensifying and enduring competition, many analysts compare today's U.S.-China rivalry with the one between the Soviet Union and the...
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5) “Access Denied? The Sino-American Contest for Military Primacy in Asia,” by @nickdanderson and Daryl Press https://t.co/diJtzo0KIB
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Abstract. How has the balance of power shifted in maritime East Asia, and what does this change mean for the U.S.-China military competition in the region? We examine these questions by focusing on a...
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4) “Keeping Pace with the Times: China’s Arms Control Tradition, New Challenges, and Nuclear Learning,” by Wu Riqiang https://t.co/phYKiKosI1
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Abstract. Many scholars assume that classical arms control theory, derived from U.S.-Soviet experiences, is universal. But China—being the weaker party in an asymmetric nuclear relationship—has...
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3) “What Does China Want?” by @daveckang, @ZenobiaChan, and @SiuHeiWong2
https://t.co/XEBOEdnRxb This article is ungated thanks to @mitpress!
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Abstract. The conventional wisdom is that China is a rising hegemon eager to replace the United States, dominate international institutions, and re-create the liberal international order in its own...
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2) Articles from the issue include: “Knowing What Not to Know About Islamic State: Terrorism Studies and Public Secrecy,” by @DrSarahPhillips and Daniel Tower https://t.co/kIHfXo3Qof This article is Open Access.
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Abstract. This article identifies key differences between mainstream and Iraq-based understandings of Islamic State (ISIS) and how it rose to power in Iraq. The conventional wisdom in English-langu...
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1) ***Announcement*** The new Summer 2025 issue is online! Read articles by @DrSarahPhillips and Daniel Tower; @daveckang, @SiuHeiWong2, and @ZenobiaChan; Wu Riqiang; @nickdanderson and Daryl Press; and Henrik Hiim and Øystein Tunsjø https://t.co/DsYU0jt03G
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Summer 2025 issue preview @IntSecHarvard @mitpress! S. Phillips & D. Tower➡️ISIS @daveckang, @SiuHeiWong2, @ZenobiaChan➡️What does China want? Wu Riqiang➡️China on arms control @nickdanderson & D. Press➡️Military primacy in Asia H. Hiim & O. Tunsjo➡️Limited war in E. Asia
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7) We hope you enjoy the new issue of International Security! Spring 2025:
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6) “Lost in Transmission: Bureaucracy, Noise, and Communication in International Politics,” by @Don_Casler and @tcjost
https://t.co/rdT8iuNN2x This article is Open Access.
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