Dan Altman
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Territorial Conquest and the Fait Accompli

Territorial Conquest in the Modern Era (book manuscript - in development)
​          Modern Conquest Data v2.2

"The Evolution of Territorial Conquest after 1945 and the Limits of the Territorial Integrity Norm," International Organization, Vol. 74, No. 3 (2020), pp. 490-522.

"By Fait Accompli, Not Coercion: How States Wrest Territory from Their Adversaries," International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 4 (2017), pp. 881-891.

"The Causes of Modern Conquest" (with Melissa Lee)

Red Lines, Deterrence, and Crises​

​Red Lines in International Politics (book manuscript - in development)

​"Red Lines: Enforcement, Declaration, and Ambiguity in the Cuban Missile Crisis"

"Advancing without Attacking: The Strategic Game around the Use of Force," Security Studies,  Vol. 27, No. 1 (2018), pp. 58-88.

​"Red Lines in Nuclear Nonproliferation" (with Nicholas Miller), The Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 24, No. 3-4 (2018), pp. 315-342.

Article Projects

"The Puzzle of Compellence Failure: How Psychology Explains Resistance to Threats" (with Kathleen Powers)

"The Strategist's Curse: A Theory of False Optimism as a Cause of War," ​Security Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2015), pp. 284-315.
          Replication Files (Simulations)

Just for Fun
NOTE: Materials in this section are meant to be humorous. Please do not take them literally.

"Parenting and Deterrent Red Lines: The Strategic Game of Dessert"

"Deterrence Never Works, QED"



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