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A successful preventive war can stabilize________ and eliminate an adversary’s incentive to revise any resulting political settlement.

Private information about capabilities or resolve can lead to which of the following?

A state is facing an imminent revolution. Despite being grossly outnumbered, the president refuses to step down because he believes that he will be imprisoned or executed by the rebels. Instead, the president orders his troops to prepare for battle and sends out a plea for aid to state allies. The decision to prepare for conflict without the assurance of outside assistance can be best described as ________.

A state has been actively attempting to build a nuclear weapons program. The state leader has suggested that they will use the weapons to protect their empire. However, the leader has launched unprovoked attacks against weaker states in the past. Other states form a coalition and declare war on the state. Their goal is to weaken the state and dismantle its nuclear program. This is an example of a(n) ________ war.

Which of the following is a reason that commitment problems help explain WWII?

The convergence principle suggests that

A state recently won its independence when a peace treaty was signed after along interstate war. The international community can best legitimize the state’s newfound political freedom by ________.

The convergence principle suggests that

Why are arms races like a Prisoner’s Dilemma?

The idea that the identification of security threats is a political process that occurs when leaders construct a narrative through public debate and argumentation is called ________ .