deterrence
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This huge conventional deterrence, the U.S. convinced itself, rendered impractical military action against the North’s nuclear program.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Even before it shut the strait, major economies—including U.S. allies—were building arsenals of deterrence against rising economic pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Officials and analysts say the goal is “strategic indispensability”—building deterrence by mutually assured economic destruction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"What I'm doing is to prepare Germany to be able to defend itself, by building up those defence capabilities. This is deterrence for us. We will deter the threat from the Russian side."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Henry Kissinger, a contemporary politician, wrote: “Deterrence depends, above all, on psychological criteria. For purposes of deterrence, a bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing deterrence
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Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down This Wall" (1987)
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