Nuclear superiority

Debating the Benefits of Nuclear Superiority for Crisis Bargaining, Part IV

by Matthew Kroenig | Mar 29, 2013 | Featured, Nuclear superiority, Security, Symposia

Editor's Note: Back in February I riffed on a post by Erik Voeten in which Erik discussed two articles in International Organization (IO). One, by our colleague Matt Kroenig, argued that nuclear superiority gives states advantages in crisis bargaining (PDF). Another, by Todd Sechser and Matthew Fuhrmann, rejects this claim (PDF). After the two posts sparked some interesting discussion--both on- and offline--I approached all three about doing a mini-symposium at the Duck of Minerva. They...

Debating the Benefits of Nuclear Superiority, Part III

by Matthew Fuhrmann & Todd S. Sechser | Mar 28, 2013 | Featured, Nuclear superiority, Security, Symposia

Nuclear weapons may be useful for deterrence, but can they also coerce? Our theories reach opposite conclusions: we say no; Kroenig says yes. Both sides marshal evidence to support their arguments. So who is right? Our goal in this post is to evaluate Kroenig’s empirical results and respond to his critique of our article.