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Security studies

the argument that weak actors beat strong ones because the weak have more at stake, so the strong side's domestic support erodes first.

In security studies, interest asymmetry refers to the argument that weak actors beat strong ones because the weak have more at stake, so the strong side's domestic support erodes first. This meaning comes from Mack (1975) in World Politics.[1]

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References

Mack, A. (1975). Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict. World Politics, 27(2), 175-200. https://doi.org/10.2307/2009880

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