Do Madman Tactics Work?
Featuring Samuel Seitz and John Glaser
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow @samseitz.bsky.social explores the effectiveness of βmadman behaviorβ in international politics and brinksmanship with examples ranging from the Cold War to the current Trump administration.
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Do Madman Tactics Work?
Featuring Samuel Seitz and John Glaser
Latest w @samseitz.bsky.social⬠on whether madman behavior yields bargaining leverage. He discusses problems of signaling, credibility, reassurance & explores examples from Khrushchev to Nixon to Gaddafi & Trump's approach to NK, Iran, trade policy & more! Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...
10.06.2025 12:20 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Seoul wants the bomb, China and North Korea are piling up warheads. What role should U.S. nuclear weapons play in Asia? Sam Seitz and I tackle this question in a new article at the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament.
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07.06.2025 17:16 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0
My plane is just pushing back from the gate on the way to South Koreaβ¦ and I find out the country is under martial law. Not exactly the news you want to get before losing cell service and WiFiβ¦
03.12.2024 14:58 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Some exciting new Christmas acquisitions are now on the shelf!
27.12.2023 18:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Been at Oxford so long that Iβve finally convinced them to let me give the lecture on nuclear weapons. Even better, I have a bit of cold, making me sound like Darth Vader explaining the finer point of nuclear weapons designβ¦
14.11.2023 14:02 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Worth trudging through the rain to hear Andy present his excellent new book! Even having read it, I learned quite a few fascinating tidbits on Bush admin decision-making during the discussion!
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Yep. And that why the potential for mass violence is high. A post-genocidal society confronted with what is perceived as an existential threat. That's why you also need cooler heads at the top and not the abomination that is there now
12.10.2023 10:26 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Lovely sunset from my penultimate night in Atlanta! Always nice being back home, but excited to return to the dreaming spires of Oxford soon.
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