Signalling capacity and crisis diplomacy: explaining the failure of 'maximum pressure' in the 2017 U.S.-North Korea nuclear crisis/ Spencer D. Bakich
Material type: TextPublication details: 2022Subject(s): Online resources: In: The Journal of Strategic Studies Vol 45 No.5, October 2022, pp. 692-717 (98)Summary: In the 2017 U.S.-North Korea nuclear crisis, the Trump administration's 'maximum pressure' strategy failed to achieve its objectives of the complete, irreversible, verifiable denuclearization (CVID) of the DPRK, and induced escalation pressures that brought the two countries to the brink of war. A deficit in signalling capacity (i.e. biased intelligence portfolio, lack of diplomatic-military integration, and inflexible military doctrine and war plans) prevented Washington from managing the crisis, creating the conditions for its strategic failure. The signalling capacity framework offers a comprehensive approach to explaining the outcome of the 2017 crisis, outperforming audience cost and brinkmanship theories.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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In the 2017 U.S.-North Korea nuclear crisis, the Trump administration's 'maximum pressure' strategy failed to achieve its objectives of the complete, irreversible, verifiable denuclearization (CVID) of the DPRK, and induced escalation pressures that brought the two countries to the brink of war. A deficit in signalling capacity (i.e. biased intelligence portfolio, lack of diplomatic-military integration, and inflexible military doctrine and war plans) prevented Washington from managing the crisis, creating the conditions for its strategic failure. The signalling capacity framework offers a comprehensive approach to explaining the outcome of the 2017 crisis, outperforming audience cost and brinkmanship theories.
WMD, KOREA, USA, DIPLOMACY
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