The Signaling Effect of Autocratic Audience Costs: How the United States Assessed Autocratic Threats, 1949-1979

• In Event: Political Costs of Conflict

Brief Overview

This study provides the first case study analysis of the signaling effect of autocratic audience costs by examining how the US assessed public threats issued by autocracies in 10 cases between 1949 and 1979.

Author

• Yu Aoki, CUNY Graduate School and University Center