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Command Vulnerability

Command Vulnerability is a strategic construct in nuclear escalation theory denoting the susceptibility of a state's nuclear command, control, and communication systems to degradation or disruption, thereby increasing the risk of unauthorized, premature, or ineffective employment of nuclear forces under crisis conditions.

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2017–2026

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Escalation through Entanglement: How the Vulnerability of Command-and-Control Systems Raises the Risks of an Inadvertent Nuclear War

James M. Acton · International Security · 2018 · 162 citations · Full text

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Strategic Command and Control: Redefining the Nuclear Threat

Andrew J. Pierre, Bruce G. Blair, Daniel F. Ford · Foreign Affairs · 1985 · 92 citations

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National Security and the Concept of Strategic Stability

John Steinbruner · Journal of Conflict Resolution · 1978 · 28 citations

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Strategic Command and Control: Redefining the Nuclear Threat

Derek Leebaert, Bruce G. Blair · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 1985 · 26 citations

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Command in Crisis: Four Case Studies, <i>by Joseph F. Bouchard</i>

Richard K. Betts · Political Science Quarterly · 1992 · 20 citations

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Authors

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  1. BG
    Bruce G. Blair

    University of New Brunswick, Canada

    2 publications · 118 citations

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  2. GB
    Giampaolo Bella

    University of Catania, Italy

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. JM
    James M. Acton

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States

    1 publications · 162 citations

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  4. DL
    Derek Leebaert

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  5. DS
    D. S. Peck

    Nokia (United States), United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  2. University of Catania

    Catania, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  3. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    162 citations

  4. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

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  1. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  2. Journal of Conflict Resolution

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  3. Political Science Quarterly

    PSQ · 1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. Foreign Affairs

    1 publications · 92 citations

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