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      Balance of power redux: Nuclear alliances and the logic of extended deterrence

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      Author(s)
      Gheorghe, Eliza
      Date
      2022-03-01
      Source Title
      The Chinese Journal of International Politics
      Print ISSN
      1750-8916
      Electronic ISSN
      1750-8924
      Publisher
      Oxford University Press
      Volume
      15
      Issue
      1
      Pages
      87 - 109
      Language
      English
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      Article
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      Abstract
      How do unbalanced nuclear alliances provide extended nuclear deterrence (END) to their members? Why have nuclear alliances chosen certain types of END strategy and not others? Existing accounts regard END as a function of the inter-alliance balance of power, regime type, or institutional design. END strategies inspired by theories focused on regime type and institutional design have not yet materialised, while the inter-alliance balance of power does not suffice to explain the choice of END strategy. To elucidate variations in END strategy, this article puts forward an argument centred on the intra-alliance balance of power. Drawing on the history of the US-led and the Soviet-led alliances during the Cold War, namely North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact, it shows how the two superpowers changed their approach to defending their allies with nuclear weapons according to quantitative and qualitative shifts in the distribution of power within the alliance.
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/111810
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      https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poac003
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