The Art of Coercion
The Art of Coercion presents a fresh explanation for the success—and failure—of coercive demands in international politics. Strong states are surprisingly bad at coercion. History shows they prevail only a third of the time. Reid B. C. Pauly argues that coercion often fails because targets fear...
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| description | The Art of Coercion presents a fresh explanation for the success—and failure—of coercive demands in international politics.
Strong states are surprisingly bad at coercion. History shows they prevail only a third of the time. Reid B. C. Pauly argues that coercion often fails because targets fear punishment even if they comply. In this ""damned if you do, damned if you don't"" scenario, targets have little reason to obey.
Pauly illustrates this logic in nuclear counterproliferation efforts with South Africa, Iraq, Libya, and Iran. He shows that coercers face an ""assurance dilemma"": When threats are more credible, assurances not to punish are less so. But without credible assurances, targets may defy threats, bracing for seemingly inevitable punishment. For coercion to work, as such, coercers must not only make targets believe that they will be punished if they do not comply, but also that they will not be if they do.
Packed with insights for any foreign policy challenge involving coercive strategies,The Art of Coercion crucially corrects assumptions that tougher threats alone achieve results. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1632592025-08-15T05:06:27Z The Art of Coercion Pauly, Reid B. C. Coercive diplomacy, threats and promises, Commitment problems, credible commitments, Signaling resolve, Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, Nuclear (non) proliferation thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSD Diplomacy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration The Art of Coercion presents a fresh explanation for the success—and failure—of coercive demands in international politics. Strong states are surprisingly bad at coercion. History shows they prevail only a third of the time. Reid B. C. Pauly argues that coercion often fails because targets fear punishment even if they comply. In this ""damned if you do, damned if you don't"" scenario, targets have little reason to obey. Pauly illustrates this logic in nuclear counterproliferation efforts with South Africa, Iraq, Libya, and Iran. He shows that coercers face an ""assurance dilemma"": When threats are more credible, assurances not to punish are less so. But without credible assurances, targets may defy threats, bracing for seemingly inevitable punishment. For coercion to work, as such, coercers must not only make targets believe that they will be punished if they do not comply, but also that they will not be if they do. Packed with insights for any foreign policy challenge involving coercive strategies,The Art of Coercion crucially corrects assumptions that tougher threats alone achieve results. 2025-07-31T07:06:27Z 2025-07-31T07:06:27Z 2025-07-29T08:59:03Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104459 9781501782695 9781501782787 9781501782688 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163259 eng Cornell Studies in Security Affairs open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104459/1/9781501782701.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104459/1/9781501782701.pdf Cornell University Press 05937e7b-c222-4680-9580-c09c5ce7a11e 9781501782695 9781501782787 9781501782688 253 open access |
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