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    The Return of Nuclear Escalation


    How America’s Adversaries Have Hijacked Its Old Deterrence
    Strategy
    By Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press
    November/December 2023

    Published on October 24, 2023

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    pattern is emerging. In the regions most likely to draw the United States into conflict
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    KEIR A. LIEBER is a Professor in the School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at
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    DARYL G. PRESS is Director of the Initiative for Global Security at the Dickey Center for International
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