..., and commitment problems help to explain why crises arise and why coercive diplomacy fails, but does not provide insight into when coercion is likely to succeed or fail. The book concludes with implications for U.S. foreign policy. asymmetric coercion model coercion by U S since World War II coercive demands...

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