Coorespondence, The Short Shadow of U.S. Primacy?
Author
Lantis, Jeffrey S.
Sauer, Tom
Wirtz, James J.
Lieber, Keir A.
Press, Daryl G.
Date
2007Metadata
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Keir Lieber and Daryl Press’s recent article presents a compelling case for the rise of
U.S. nuclear primacy in the twenty-ªrst century. The authors, however, fail to address
what they maintain is a central question in international relations scholarship: “Does
nuclear primacy grant the superior side real coercive leverage in political disputes?”1
Their passing discussion of the theme does little justice to the merit of the question, and
as a result the article seems incomplete. In fact, the United States already enjoys primacy
in the vast majority of its relations with other countries, but recent events suggest
that this preponderance of power has not led to coercive leverage.
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