AIAS Seminar: 'Tripwire Deterrence in an Era of Intensified Great Power Rivalry'
Speaker: Elias Götz, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Fellow & Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Building 1630, room 301
Abstract
Tripwire deterrence is a central feature in several of today’s most pressing international security hotspots, from Ukraine and Taiwan to Greenland. It refers to a strategy in which a powerful patron state deploys a small military force to a protégé state to signal commitment and deter aggression. But does this strategy actually work, and if so, under what conditions? The seminar will outline some propositions about when and why tripwire deployments succeed or fail in deterring potential attackers.
Short Bio
Elias Götz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Uppsala University. His work focuses on Russian foreign policy, European security, and international relations theory. He has published on these and related topics in such journals as Contemporary Security Policy, International Security, and Cooperation & Conflict.
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The AIAS Seminar Series is a session of seminars held by the AIAS fellows, AIAS Visiting or Tandem Fellows or by other speakers proposed by the fellows. In each seminar, a fellow will present and discuss her/his current research and work-in-progress to an interdisciplinary audience for 30 minutes, closing off with 30 minutes for questions, comments and discussion.
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