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fait accompli: a standalone construct

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Security studies

a coercive strategy of seizing a limited gain quickly and unilaterally, leaving the adversary to accept the loss or escalate.

In security studies, fait accompli refers to a coercive strategy of seizing a limited gain quickly and unilaterally, leaving the adversary to accept the loss or escalate. This meaning comes from Altman (2017) in International Studies Quarterly.[1]

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gain4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs loss2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs security3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Altman, D. (2017). By Fait Accompli, Not Coercion: How States Wrest Territory from Their Adversaries. International Studies Quarterly, 61(4), 881-891. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqx049

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