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Robert A. Pape

Robert A. Pape is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, author of Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War, and writes The Escalation Trap, a Substack on the hidden dynamics that turn limited strikes into wider wars.

Latest articles by Robert A. Pape

Politics
Khamenei is dead. Regime change will be much harder.Khamenei is dead. Regime change will be much harder.
Politics

The US can’t just bomb its way to a new government.

By Robert A. Pape