Hi Finish the readings and listen to the lecture. Once you've done that, come back and answer these questions: 1. Deterrence is logical on a theoretical level, but is it right? How would we even know? 2. How does deterrence fail? Let's also consider the following: 3. Why didn't the United States strike North Korean nuclear weapons facilities in 2017, in a period of heightened tension? 4. Was Barack Obama's proclamation of a 'Red Line' in Syria in 2012 an attempt at deterrence? Was it successful? Why/Why not? 5. The US and Japan hosted a one-day naval exercise in the East China sea in January. In March, a Chinese fishing vessel and a Japanese destroyer collided, resulting in structural damage. What is going on here? How might Schelling analyse these events? 6. Why did Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders opt to strike US bases in Iraq in January?