Why do countries build nuclear weapons? The revolutionary nature of the decision to go or not go nuclear highlights the importance of individual decision-makers, as leaders ultimately draw upon their own conceptions of themselves and the world around them. Despite the importance…
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What determines the outcomes of ethnic, religious, revolutionary, secessionist and liberation conflicts? Is it possible to use a common analytical tool to explain the outcome of all such strategic interactions despite their treatment by academics as distinct classes of conflict?…
Islamic clerics have both supported and undermined regimes in the Middle East. Egyptian clerics, in the 1980s and 1990s, discredited Islamic extremists intent on overthrowing the government. In contrast, Iran's ayatollahs helped depose the Shah in 1979. The disparity in clerical…