New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 45, no. 3, Winter 2020/21) is out. Contents include:

• Ian Bowers & Henrik Stålhane Hiim, Conventional Counterforce Dilemmas: South Korea's Deterrence Strategy and Stability on the Korean Peninsula
• Megan Turnbull, Elite Competition, Social Movements, and Election Violence in Nigeria
• Andrew Chubb, PRC Assertiveness in the South China Sea: Measuring Continuity and Change, 1970–2015
• Melinda Haas & Keren Yarhi-Milo, To Disclose or Deceive? Sharing Secret Information between Aligned States
• Marc Trachtenberg, The United States and the NATO Non-extension Assurances of 1990: New Light on an Old Problem?

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 45, no. 2, Fall 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Yasuhiro Izumikawa, Network Connections and the Emergence of the Hub-and-Spokes Alliance System in East Asia
• Samuel Meyer, Sarah Bidgood, & William C. Potter, Death Dust: The Little-Known Story of U.S. and Soviet Pursuit of Radiological Weapons
• Michael McFaul, Putin, Putinism, and the Domestic Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy
• Charli Carpenter & Alexander H. Montgomery, The Stopping Power of Norms: Saturation Bombing, Civilian Immunity, and U.S. Attitudes toward the Laws of War

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 45, no. 1, Summer 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Christopher Lawrence, Normalization by Other Means—Technological Infrastructure and Political Commitment in the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
• Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Cheater's Dilemma: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Path to War
• Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, Partnership or Predation? How Rising States Contend with Declining Great Powers
• Shahin Berenji, Sadat and the Road to Jerusalem: Bold Gestures and Risk Acceptance in the Search for Peace
• Avery Goldstein, China's Grand Strategy under Xi Jinping: Reassurance, Reform, and Resistance

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 44, no. 4, Spring 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Risa Brooks, Paradoxes of Professionalism: Rethinking Civil-Military Relations in the United States
• Iain D. Henry, What Allies Want: Reconsidering Loyalty, Reliability, and Alliance Interdependence
• Wu Riqiang, Living with Uncertainty: Modeling China's Nuclear Survivability
• Assaf Moghadam, The Political Power of Proxies: Why Nonstate Actors Use Local Surrogates
• Arman Grigoryan, Selective Wilsonianism: Material Interests and the West's Support for Democracy

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 44, no. 3, Winter 2019/20) is out. Contents include:

• Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Myunghee Lee, & Emir Yazici, Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China's Changing Strategy in Xinjiang
• Brendan Rittenhouse Green & Austin Long, Conceal or Reveal? Managing Clandestine Military Capabilities in Peacetime Competition
• Jacqueline R. McAllister, Deterring Wartime Atrocities: Hard Lessons from the Yugoslav Tribunal
• Galen Jackson, Who Killed Détente? The Superpowers and the Cold War in the Middle East, 1969–77
• Andrew Payne, Presidents, Politics, and Military Strategy: Electoral Constraints during the Iraq War

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 44, no. 2, Fall 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Alastair Iain Johnston, China in a World of Orders: Rethinking Compliance and Challenge in Beijing's International Relations
• Fiona S. Cunningham & M. Taylor Fravel, Dangerous Confidence? Chinese Views on Nuclear Escalation
• Stephanie Schwartz, Home, Again: Refugee Return and Post-Conflict Violence in Burundi
• Elizabeth N. Saunders, The Domestic Politics of Nuclear Choices—A Review Essay
• Correspondence
• Michael C. Horowitz, Shahryar Pasandideh, Andrea Gilli, & Mauro Gilli, Military-Technological Imitation and Rising Powers

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 44, no. 1, Summer 2019) is out. Contents include:

• M.E. Sarotte, How to Enlarge NATO: The Debate inside the Clinton Administration, 1993–95
• Henry Farrell & Abraham L. Newman, Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion
• Aisha Ahmad, “We Have Captured Your Women”: Explaining Jihadist Norm Change
• Ketian Zhang, Cautious Bully: Reputation, Resolve, and Beijing's Use of Coercion in the South China Sea
• Michael Mousseau, The End of War: How a Robust Marketplace and Liberal Hegemony Are Leading to Perpetual World Peace
• Correspondence
• Caleb Pomeroy & Michael Beckley, Measuring Power in International Relations

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 43, no. 4, Spring 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Whither the Liberal International Order?
• Kai Quek & Alastair Iain Johnston, Can China Back Down? Crisis De-escalation in the Shadow of Popular Opposition
• John J. Mearsheimer, Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order
• Charles L. Glaser, A Flawed Framework: Why the Liberal International Order Concept Is Misguided
• Eliza Gheorghe, Proliferation and the Logic of the Nuclear Market
• Marina E. Henke, Buying Allies: Payment Practices in Multilateral Military Coalition-Building
• J.C. Sharman, Power and Profit at Sea: The Rise of the West in the Making of the International System
• Correspondence
• Peter D. Feaver, Hal Brands, Rebecca Friedman Lissner, & Patrick Porter, The Establishment and U.S. Grand Strategy

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 42, no. 3, Winter 2017/18) is out. Contents include:

• Domestic Sources of China's International Behavior
• Kai Quek & Alastair Iain Johnston, Can China Back Down? Crisis De-escalation in the Shadow of Popular Opposition
• M. Taylor Fravel, Shifts in Warfare and Party Unity: Explaining China's Changes in Military Strategy
• Christopher Darnton, Archives and Inference: Documentary Evidence in Case Study Research and the Debate over U.S. Entry into World War II
• Lise Morjé Howard & Alexandra Stark, How Civil Wars End: The International System, Norms, and the Role of External Actors
• Correspondence
• Ruolin Su, Alexander B. Downes, & Lindsey A. O'Rourke, Reconsidering the Outcomes of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change
• Michael J. Boyle, Michael C. Horowitz, Sarah E. Kreps, & Matthew Fuhrmann, Debating Drone Proliferation
• Tongfi Kim, Keren Yarhi-Milo, Alexander Lanoszka, & Zack Cooper, Arms, Alliances, and Patron-Client Relationships

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 42, no. 2, Fall 2017) is out. Contents include:

• Barbara F. Walter, The Extremist's Advantage in Civil Wars
• Nicholas L. Miller, Why Nuclear Energy Programs Rarely Lead to Proliferation
• Michael Beckley, The Emerging Military Balance in East Asia: How China's Neighbors Can Check Chinese Naval Expansion
• Amanda J. Rothschild, Rousing a Response: When the United States Changes Policy toward Mass Killing
• Kevin Narizny, On Systemic Paradigms and Domestic Politics: A Critique of the Newest Realism
• Correspondence
• Michael Poznansky, Alexander B. Downes, & Lindsey A. O'Rourke, Friends, Foes, and Foreign-Imposed Regime Change
• Richard J. Harknett & Joseph S. Nye Jr., Is Deterrence Possible in Cyberspace?

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 42, no. 1, Summer 2017) is out. Contents include:

• Valerie M. Hudson & Hilary Matfess, In Plain Sight: The Neglected Linkage between Brideprice and Violent Conflict
• Scott D. Sagan & Benjamin A. Valentino, Revisiting Hiroshima in Iran: What Americans Really Think about Using Nuclear Weapons and Killing Noncombatants
• Jacqueline L. Hazelton, The “Hearts and Minds” Fallacy: Violence, Coercion, and Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare
• Geoffrey Swenson, Why U.S. Efforts to Promote the Rule of Law in Afghanistan Failed
• Ariane M. Tabatabai & Annie Tracy Samuel, What the Iran-Iraq War Tells Us about the Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal
• Correspondence
• Mark Kramer & Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, NATO Enlargement—Was There a Promise?
• Brendan Rittenhouse Green, Austin Long, Matthew Kroenig, Charles L. Glaser, & Steve Fetter, The Limits of Damage Limitation

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 41, no. 4, Spring 2017) is out. Contents include:

• Keir A. Lieber, & Daryl G. Press, The New Era of Counterforce: Technological Change and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence
• Caitlin Talmadge, Would China Go Nuclear? Assessing the Risk of Chinese Nuclear Escalation in a Conventional War with the United States
• Aila M. Matanock, Bullets for Ballots: Electoral Participation Provisions and Enduring Peace after Civil Conflict
• Jonathan Mercer, The Illusion of International Prestige
• H. Zeynep Bulutgil, Ethnic Cleansing and Its Alternatives in Wartime: A Comparison of the Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian Empires
• Correspondence
• Andrew S. Erickson, Evan Braden Montgomery, Craig Neuman, Stephen Biddle, & Ivan Oelrich, How Good Are China's Antiaccess/Area-Denial Capabilities?

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 41, no. 3, Winter 2016/17) is out. Contents include:

• Alastair Iain Johnston, Is Chinese Nationalism Rising? Evidence from Beijing
• Preventing and Responding to Cyberattacks
• • Joseph S. Nye Jr., Deterrence and Dissuasion in Cyberspace
  • Rebecca Slayton, What Is the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance? Conceptions, Causes, and Assessment
  • Vipin Narang, Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation: How States Pursue the Bomb
  • Daniel Sobelman, Learning to Deter: Deterrence Failure and Success in the Israel-Hezbollah Conflict, 2006–16
• Correspondence
• Richard W. Maass & Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, NATO Non-expansion and German Reunification
• Nicholas D. Anderson & Nina Silove, Perspectives on the Pivot

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 41, no. 2, Fall 2016) is out. Contents include:

• Michael C. Horowitz, Sarah E. Kreps, & Matthew Fuhrmann, Separating Fact from Fiction in the Debate over Drone Proliferation
• Alexander B. Downes & Lindsey A. O'Rourke, You Can't Always Get What You Want: Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Seldom Improves Interstate Relations
• Keren Yarhi-Milo, Alexander Lanoszka, & Zack Cooper, To Arm or to Ally? The Patron's Dilemma and the Strategic Logic of Arms Transfers and Alliances
• Gary J. Bass, Bargaining Away Justice: India, Pakistan, and the International Politics of Impunity for the Bangladesh Genocide
• Correspondence
• William Z.Y. Wang, Stephen G. Brooks, & William C. Wohlforth, Debating China's Rise and the Future of U.S. Power
• Derek Grossman, Sheryn Lee, Benjamin Schreer, & Scott L. Kastner, Stability or Volatility across the Taiwan Strait?

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 41, no. 1, Summer 2016) is out. Contents include:

• Military Dimensions of U.S.-China Relations
• Stephen Biddle & Ivan Oelrich, Future Warfare in the Western Pacific: Chinese Antiaccess/Area Denial, U.S. AirSea Battle, and Command of the Commons in East Asia
• Charles L. Glaser & Steve Fetter, Should the United States Reject MAD? Damage Limitation and U.S. Nuclear Strategy toward China
• Walter C. Ladwig III, Influencing Clients in Counterinsurgency: U.S. Involvement in El Salvador's Civil War, 1979–92
• Henning Tamm, The Origins of Transnational Alliances: Rulers, Rebels, and Political Survival in the Congo Wars
• Correspondence
• Jonas Schneider & Gene Gerzhoy, The United States and West Germany's Quest for Nuclear Weapons
• Michael D. Cohen & Mark S. Bell, The Effects of Acquiring Nuclear Weapons

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 40, no. 4, Spring 2016) is out. Contents include:

• Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, Deal or No Deal? The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Offer to Limit NATO Expansion
• Nina Silove, The Pivot before the Pivot: U.S. Strategy to Preserve the Power Balance in Asia
• Reyko Huang, Rebel Diplomacy in Civil War
• Daniel Byman, Understanding the Islamic State—A Review Essay
• Correspondence
• Christopher Clary, Gaurav Kampani, & Jaganath Sankaran, Battling over Pakistan's Battlefield Nuclear Weapons
• Leif-Eric Easley, Patricia Kim, & Charles L. Glaser, Grand Bargain or Bad Idea? U.S. Relations with China and Taiwan

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 40, no. 3, Winter 2015/16) is out. Contents include:

• Stephen G. Brooks & William C. Wohlforth, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century: China's Rise and the Fate of America's Global Position
• Scott L. Kastner, Is the Taiwan Strait Still a Flash Point? Rethinking the Prospects for Armed Conflict between China and Taiwan
• Ronald R. Krebs & Roy Licklider, United They Fall: Why the International Community Should Not Promote Military Integration after Civil War
• Phil Haun & Colin Jackson, Breaker of Armies: Air Power in the Easter Offensive and the Myth of Linebacker I and II in the Vietnam War
• Jack Snyder, Trade Expectations and Great Power Conflict—A Review Essay
• Correspondence
• Charles L. Glaser, Andrew H. Kydd, Mark L. Haas, John M. Owen IV, & Sebastian Rosato, Can Great Powers Discern Intentions?

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 40, no. 2, Fall 2015) is out. Contents include:

• Fiona S. Cunningham & M. Taylor Fravel, Assuring Assured Retaliation: China's Nuclear Posture and U.S.-China Strategic Stability
• Revisiting Neorealist Theory
• Joseph M. Parent & Sebastian Rosato, Balancing in Neorealism
• Daniel Bessner & Nicolas Guilhot, How Realism Waltzed Off: Liberalism and Decisionmaking in Kenneth Waltz's Neorealism
• Stefano Costalli & Andrea Ruggeri, Indignation, Ideologies, and Armed Mobilization: Civil War in Italy, 1943–45
• Emil Aslan Souleimanov & Huseyn Aliyev, Blood Revenge and Violent Mobilization: Evidence from the Chechen Wars
• Correspondence
• Ronan Tse-min Fu, David James Gill, Eric Hundman, Adam P. Liff, & G. John Ikenberry, Looking for Asia's Security Dilemma

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 40, no. 1, Summer 2015) is out. Contents include:

• Nonproliferation and Proliferation: Strategies and Outcomes
• Francis J. Gavin, Strategies of Inhibition: U.S. Grand Strategy, the Nuclear Revolution, and Nonproliferation
• Or Rabinowitz & Nicholas L. Miller, Keeping the Bombs in the Basement: U.S. Nonproliferation Policy toward Israel, South Africa, and Pakistan
• Mark S. Bell, Beyond Emboldenment: How Acquiring Nuclear Weapons Can Change Foreign Policy
• Max Paul Friedman & Tom Long, Soft Balancing in the Americas: Latin American Opposition to U.S. Intervention, 1898–1936
• Ron E. Hassner & Jason Wittenberg, Barriers to Entry: Who Builds Fortified Boundaries and Why?
• Correspondence
• Joel Brenner & Jon R. Lindsay, Debating the Chinese Cyber Threat

New Issue: International Security

The latest issue of International Security (Vol. 39, no. 4, Spring 2015) is out. Contents include:

• Michael Beckley, The Myth of Entangling Alliances: Reassessing the Security Risks of U.S. Defense Pacts
• Charles L. Glaser, A U.S.-China Grand Bargain? The Hard Choice between Military Competition and Accommodation
• Gene Gerzhoy, Alliance Coercion and Nuclear Restraint: How the United States Thwarted West Germany's Nuclear Ambitions
• Galen Jackson, The Showdown That Wasn't: U.S.-Israeli Relations and American Domestic Politics, 1973–75
• Arman Grigoryan, Concessions or Coercion? How Governments Respond to Restive Ethnic Minorities
• Correspondence
• Jack S. Levy & Jack Snyder, Everyone's Favored Year for War—or Not?