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 ...

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 ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Prior to the inaugural running of the $66,400 Saratoga Dew Stakes for older fillies and mares, Fait Accompli appeared to have a lot of things working against her. The 3-year-old ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Turkey on Sunday accused Israel of seeking to create a "fait accompli" in Lebanon despite an agreed ceasefire, with the foreign minister denouncing "Israeli expansionism". "The ongoing Iran–United ...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Well, Fed decision week is finally upon us and it's shaping up to be one of the most vexed meetings in recent memory. Of 108 ...

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 ...