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 ...

States that seek to expand their territories have three basic options: (i) brute force, (ii) coercion, or (iii) fait accompli. In a brute force scenario, the aggressor first defeats the target state ...

The Brexit vote was a negative shock but the tragedy no longer looks like a 'fait accompli,' George Soros said in a speech at the European Parliament on Thursday, and it has created "positive momentum ...

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 ...

Asia Is Racing to the Arctic, But It’s Not Easy “We are approaching a point where…the international community will no longer have any realistic option to veto an Iranian decision to build nuclear ...

Sir, There is an alternative interpretation of the Rescript of Honorius in 410 (Letters, Mark Hudson, June 9) provided by Paul Johnson in his book The Offshore Islanders published in 1972. He argues ...

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 ...