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\\u201cTripwire\\u201d forces are deployed overseas to bolster the credibility of America\\u2019s threats and promises. New research shows this key feature of U.S. foreign policy is misguided. Professors Paul Musgrave of University of Massachusetts Amherst and Steven Ward of University of Cambridge explain the logic of tripwires as a deterrent and showcase public opinion surveys that undermine that logic.

Show Notes

• Paul Musgrave bio
• Steven Ward bio
• Paul Musgrave and Steven Ward, \\u201cThe Tripwire Effect: Experimental Evidence Regarding U.S. Public Opinion,\\u201d Foreign Policy Analysis 19, no. 4 (October 2023).
• Paul Musgrave and Steven War, \\u201cTesting Tripwire Theories Using Survey Experiments,\\u201d working paper, American Political Science Association, 2021.
• Doug Bandow, Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World(Washington DC: Cato Institute, 1996).

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