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The 19 pages that link to Deterrence theory, each with the reason it gives.

• DeterrenceRelated: The theory formalizes the strategic logic that this practice applies.

• CyberwarfareRelated: Attribution uncertainty and cross-domain responses complicate deterrence in cyberspace.

• Realism (international relations)Related: Realists use deterrence to explain how threats can prevent attacks without war.

• International politicsRelated: Deterrence is a central strategy for influencing rivals without initiating armed conflict.

• Exclusionary ruleRelated: U.S. courts commonly justify exclusion by its capacity to deter unlawful police conduct.

• Anti-poachingRelated: Its framework helps explain why detection and credible enforcement can discourage poaching.

• Law and economicsRelated: It connects sanctions to behavioral incentives and the prevention of harmful acts.

• Foreign policyRelated: Threats of retaliation can shape another government’s choices without combat.

• Nuclear brinkmanshipRelated: Brinkmanship strengthens deterrence by making the risk of nuclear escalation part of the threat.

• BrinkmanshipRelated: Brinkmanship uses threatened escalation to deter an opponent from holding its position.

• MilitaryRelated: Military capabilities can deter attacks by making their expected costs prohibitive.

• Military technologyRelated: Powerful weapons alter strategic choices even when they are never used.

• Peaceful coexistenceRelated: Mutual fear of catastrophic retaliation helped make restraint between rival powers credible.

• War studiesRelated: It explains attempts to prevent war through credible threats.

• Madman theoryRelated: Both seek to shape choices through anticipated consequences, but madman tactics stress uncertainty about those consequences.