Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of compellence.
Compellance, too, is an idea that originated in the strategy of nuclear weapons and has been imported by the White Paper into the world of conventional forces. There is some considerable irony in this.
2006, Richard Little, Michael Smith, Perspectives on World Politics, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 1162 more examples
Deterrence is distinguished from compellance, the use of threats to manipulate the behavior of others so they stop doing something unwanted or do something they were not previously doing. As with deterrence, in security affairs a[…]
2003 April 17, Patrick M. Morgan, Deterrence Now, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 2COMPELLANCE VERSUS DETERRENCE There are basically two courses of action that the UN may take when it decides that the events in a country represent a threat to international peace and security. Under this rubric, the UN is responding to[…]
2006, Jeanne M. Haskin, Bosnia and Beyond: The "quiet" Revolution that Wouldn't Go Quietly, Algora Publishing, →ISBN, page 141
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