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Crisis Instability

Crisis Instability is a strategic condition in nuclear deterrence theory wherein the outbreak of hostilities creates strong incentives for rapid escalation to nuclear weapon use due to fears of preemptive strikes or first-strike advantages, thereby increasing the likelihood of nuclear war during periods of political or military crisis.

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2017–2026

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Can Arms Races Lead to the Outbreak of War?

Michael D. Intriligator, Dagobert L. Brito · Journal of Conflict Resolution · 1984 · 182 citations

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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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Autonomous Weapon Systems and Strategic Stability

Jürgen Altmann, Frank Sauer · Survival · 2017 · 155 citations

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First Things First: The Pressing Danger of Crisis Instability in U.S.-China Relations

Avery Goldstein · International Security · 2013 · 144 citations

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When speed kills: Lethal autonomous weapon systems, deterrence and stability

Michael C. Horowitz · Journal of Strategic Studies · 2019 · 135 citations

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Authors

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  1. RP
    Robert Powell

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 222 citations

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  2. BG
    Bruce G. Blair

    University of New Brunswick, Canada

    2 publications · 57 citations

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  3. KG
    Kurt Gottfried

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 57 citations

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  4. MW
    Mohammad Wasseem

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  5. VN
    Vipin Narang

    Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore

    2 publications · 163 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Center for Strategic and International Studies

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    275 citations

  2. Institute of Physics

    Warsaw, Poland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    44 citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    141 citations

  4. Tulane University

    New Orleans, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    182 citations

  5. Cardiff Metropolitan University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Warsaw University of Technology

    Warsaw, Poland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  7. Wilfrid Laurier University

    Waterloo, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  8. University of Hyderabad

    Hyderabad, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

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  1. International Security

    6 publications · 616 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 118 citations

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  3. Journal of Conflict Resolution

    3 publications · 207 citations

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  4. American Political Science Review

    3 publications · 180 citations

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  5. Asian Survey

    3 publications · 37 citations

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