Dan Altman’s research on the fait accompli in terrestrial disputes notes that James D. Fearon, in reviewing the literature on strategic interaction during crises, drew a basic distinction between ...

A new study on how states have conquered new land over the last century has important implications for global politics from Asia to Europe. The new study was published by Daniel Altman in the the ...

Although the outcome of Russia’s rapid military deployment in the Crimea is not yet certain, this incident and Russian military action against Georgia in 2008 may offer non-Western powers a potential ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Perhaps taking over some small islands in the South China Sea could happen quickly, but any kind of an invasion or offensive attack beyond the smallest scale would ...

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Key Points and Summary - The Pentagon worries Beijing could try a “fait accompli” against Taiwan: seize the island so fast that prying the PLA out would require a massive, bloody counter-invasion. -A ...

“We are approaching a point where…the international community will no longer have any realistic option to veto an Iranian decision to build nuclear weapons.” As generally expected, the Almaty talks ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany a “fait accompli” and said the U.S. is now working with Germany to limit how dependent Europe’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will not allow "terror to take root" or "fait accompli situations ...