Janice Gross Stein
Author's Articles
Bringing Politics Back In: The Neglected Explanation of the Oct. 7 Surprise Attack
Civil-military relations are a neglected dimension in the explanation of surprise. I integrate the worldviews and political priorities of civilian leaders with the psychological processes and organizational pathologies within the military and intelligence…
Book Review Roundtable: Lost Opportunities for Peace in the Middle East
Debates in Washington over how to respond to wars involving Israel have a long history. In this review, our contributors consider what lessons to learn from Galen Jackson's book "A Lost Peace: Great Power Politics and the Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1967–1979."
Escalation Management in Ukraine: “Learning by Doing” in Response to the “Threat that Leaves Something to Chance”
The article analyses a process of escalation management over time between nuclear states under conditions of radical uncertainty. After Russia invaded Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin manipulated uncertainty to manage escalation and to deter NATO support of…