Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International PoliticsFrom the rising significance of non state actors to the increasing influence of regional powers, the nature and conduct of international politics has arguably changed dramatically since the height of the Cold War. Yet much of the literature on deterrence and compellence continues to draw (whether implicitly or explicitly) upon assumptions and precepts formulated in and predicated upon politics in a state centric, bipolar world. Coercion moves beyond