Timothy W. Crawford

TL;DR: The concept of moral hazard has attracted controversy because it appears to impugn the motives and character of seemingly innocent victims as discussed by the authors, and it argues that, when people are protected by insurance, some of their actions may be questionable.

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TL;DR: In this paper, King argues that the reduction in manpower and funding available to Europe's armed forces in the post-Cold War era has been accompanied by the concentration of national military power in elite expeditionary forces, which have expanded in size, capability and strategic significance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the influence of national "remembrance" on threat perception in international politics, focusing on how a former aggressor state's signals of contrition can mitigate - or aggravate - the distrust of past victims.