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The Best of 2018 May/June 2018 Essay

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Perception and Misperception on the Korean Peninsula

To have any chance of success, U.S. strategy toward North Korea must be guided by an accurate sense of how Kim’s regime thinks and what it knows about Washington....

Robert Jervis and Mira Rapp-Hooper

Seeing like a state: Kim watching a military drill, Pyongyang, November 2014

WMD & Proliferation Jul 15, 2015 Snapshot

Turn Down for What?

Although the question of whether the West could have gotten a bit in the bargain is interesting, much more important is the question of whether the deal was better...

Robert Jervis

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps aboard his aircraft en route to Geneva, November 8, 2013.

Security May/June 2015 Review Essay

The Torture Blame Game

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s so-called torture report was a failure. By dodging fundamental questions about the proper balance between values and security, its...

Robert Jervis

Arms Control & Disarmament Nov 29, 2013 Postscript

On the Road to Yes With Iran

The debate over the merits of the interim nuclear agreement with Iran should turn on whether enhanced sanctions could break Iran’s will, if not lead to regime change....

Robert Jervis

War & Military Strategy May 22, 2013 Snapshot

Kenneth Waltz and His Legacy

In his scholarship, Waltz asked the tough questions about the difficult and important issues. He was motivated by both theoretical and policy questions, the latter...

Robert Art and Robert Jervis

War & Military Strategy January/February 2013 Essay

Getting to Yes With Iran

Halting Iran's progress toward a bomb will require the United States to make credible promises and credible threats simultaneously -- an exceedingly difficult trick to...

Robert Jervis

WMD & Proliferation July/August 2001 Review Essay

Weapons Without Purpose? Nuclear Strategy in the Post-Cold War Era

Under the Bush administration, U.S. nuclear strategy is shifting from deterrence to defense. In The Price of Dominance, Jan Lodal argues that this is a mistake and...

Robert Jervis

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