Gregory Winger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4187694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory Winger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory |
| FAMILY NAME | Winger |
| SIGNATURE | WINGER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University, MA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Threads that Fray
Influence operations provide adversaries with a unique vector to weaken alliances and undermine their internal cohesion. Alliances rely on shared interests, values, and identities to sustain themselves and give their commitments credibility. However, social media affords alliance opponents a new avenue to erode these links via false, misleading, and inflammatory information. This paper investigates these influence operations and how they can marr…
Answering the Call
Prospect Theory and Civil-Military Conflict
This article investigates the potential use of prospect theory to understand civil-military disputes over the use of force. Specifically, I argue that distinct realms of responsibility can lead civilian and military authorities to inhabit different frames of reference when confronting the same crisis. This divergence in perspective causes each to asses risk in fundamentally disparate ways and ultimately produces competing policy recommendations. …
Twilight on the British Gulf
The 1961 Kuwait crisis stands as a key event in the evolution of American strategic thinking on the Persian Gulf. Following Iraqi threats to annex Kuwait, Britain despatched a sizable military force to the Emirate hoping to pre-empt an Iraqi invasion. When the Iraqi invasion failed to occur, Britain was forced to weather a political maelstrom as it struggled to withdraw its forces. Although the United States was largely an observer to the crisis,…
Answering the Call
Prospect Theory and Civil-Military Conflict
This article investigates the potential use of prospect theory to understand civil-military disputes over the use of force. Specifically, I argue that distinct realms of responsibility can lead civilian and military authorities to inhabit different frames of reference when confronting the same crisis. This divergence in perspective causes each to asses risk in fundamentally disparate ways and ultimately produces competing policy recommendations. …
Twilight on the British Gulf
The 1961 Kuwait crisis stands as a key event in the evolution of American strategic thinking on the Persian Gulf. Following Iraqi threats to annex Kuwait, Britain despatched a sizable military force to the Emirate hoping to pre-empt an Iraqi invasion. When the Iraqi invasion failed to occur, Britain was forced to weather a political maelstrom as it struggled to withdraw its forces. Although the United States was largely an observer to the crisis,…
Twilight on the British Gulf
The 1961 Kuwait crisis stands as a key event in the evolution of American strategic thinking on the Persian Gulf. Following Iraqi threats to annex Kuwait, Britain despatched a sizable military force to the Emirate hoping to pre-empt an Iraqi invasion. When the Iraqi invasion failed to occur, Britain was forced to weather a political maelstrom as it struggled to withdraw its forces. Although the United States was largely an observer to the crisis,…
Prospect Theory and Civil-Military Conflict
This article investigates the potential use of prospect theory to understand civil-military disputes over the use of force. Specifically, I argue that distinct realms of responsibility can lead civilian and military authorities to inhabit different frames of reference when confronting the same crisis. This divergence in perspective causes each to asses risk in fundamentally disparate ways and ultimately produces competing policy recommendations. …
Answering the Call
The Threads that Fray
Influence operations provide adversaries with a unique vector to weaken alliances and undermine their internal cohesion. Alliances rely on shared interests, values, and identities to sustain themselves and give their commitments credibility. However, social media affords alliance opponents a new avenue to erode these links via false, misleading, and inflammatory information. This paper investigates these influence operations and how they can marr…
Political science (3 works) · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies (2 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Alliance (1 work) · alliance cohesion (1 work) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Australia (1 work)