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commitment trap: a standalone construct

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Security studies

the risk that issuing nuclear threats against non-nuclear attacks binds a state's reputation so that it later feels compelled to carry them out.

In security studies, commitment trap refers to the risk that issuing nuclear threats against non-nuclear attacks binds a state's reputation so that it later feels compelled to carry them out. This meaning comes from Sagan (2000) in International Security.[1]

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carry1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructcommitment5 fields · 9 citationsjingle · one name, five constructsreputation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Sagan, S. D. (2000). The Commitment Trap: Why the United States Should Not Use Nuclear Threats to Deter Biological and Chemical Weapons Attacks. International Security, 24(4), 85-115. https://doi.org/10.1162/016228800560318

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