Under the Umbrella: Nuclear Crises, Extended Deterrence, and Public Opinion

Author(s): David Allison, Stephen Herzog, Jiyoung Ko
Journal Title: Journal of Conflict Resolution
Publisher(s): SSRN
Publication Year: 2022

How robust is public support for extended nuclear deterrence regarding retaliation for nuclear strikes against US allies? In this contribution in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, David Allison, CSS' Stephen Herzog and Jiyoung Ko develop a theoretical typology of nuclear crises and investigate this phenomenon with a novel survey experiment conducted in the United States, Japan and South Korea. They find that support for nuclear retaliation is low in all three countries, with important cross-national differences.

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