Winning Hearts and Minds? How the United States Reassured During the Russo-Ukrainian War

Lauren Sukin, Stephen Herzog, Alexander Lanoszka, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Peace Research Center Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Published online on August 12, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Volume 70, Issue 4, Page 639-665, April 2026.
Decades of scholarship hold that great powers shore up global confidence during crises with strong demonstrations of resolve. A much smaller literature critiques these assumptions, suggesting that restraint may strengthen confidence. When and why do ...