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Nuclear Escalation

Nuclear Escalation is a strategic process within nuclear conflict dynamics in which adversarial interactions incrementally intensify through the increased readiness, deployment, or use of nuclear weapons, thereby elevating the risk of full-scale nuclear war.

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ORGANIZATIONAL ESCALATION AND EXIT: LESSONS FROM THE SHOREHAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.

John A. Ross, Barry M. Staw · Academy of Management Journal · 1993 · 518 citations

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Rationality and Ritual: The Windscale Inquiry and Nuclear Decisions in Britain

M. Granger Morgan, Brian Wynne · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 1983 · 230 citations · Full text

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On Escalation: Metaphors and Scenarios, <i>by Herman Kahn</i>

Louis Lusky · Political Science Quarterly · 1965 · 201 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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95/02020 Hostages of each other: The transformation of nuclear safety since three mile island

Fuel and Energy Abstracts · 1995 · 153 citations

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Authors

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  1. VN
    Vipin Narang

    Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore

    4 publications · 241 citations

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  2. JS
    Jacquelyn Schneider

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 254 citations

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  3. FS
    Fiona S. Cunningham

    George Washington University, United States

    3 publications · 170 citations

    3

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  4. JJ
    James Johnson

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 130 citations

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  5. BM
    Barry M. Staw

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 573 citations

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Institutions

75

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    303 citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    148 citations

  3. Hoover Institution

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    142 citations

  4. National Institute for Public Policy

    Fairfax, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    573 citations

  6. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

    Washington D.C., United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    184 citations

  7. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    50 citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    135 citations

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  1. International Security

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

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  2. Journal of Strategic Studies

    7 publications · 246 citations

    7

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  3. Journal of Conflict Resolution

    5 publications · 258 citations

    5

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  4. Nature

    3 publications · 60 citations

    3

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  5. Political Science Quarterly

    PSQ · 3 publications · 287 citations

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