Commentary
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Michael Young
Research
Coercive Nuclear Threats Under Domestic Dissonance
A look at how public opinion influences the credibility of coercive nuclear threats,and how it enables and constrains strategies of nuclear coercion.
Published on Aug 18, 2026
About the Authors
Lauren Sukin
Nonresident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program
Lauren Sukin a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and associate professor at the University of Oxford.
Samuel Seitz
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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