States want the enemy to verify our own peaceful intentions.

Evidence

We are interested not only in assuring ourselves with our own eyes that he is not preparing an attack against us; we are interested as well in assuring him through his own eyes that we are preparing no deliberate attack against him. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 524

Categorization

• XREF: This is the two-sided information asymmetry at the heart of open-skies; parallels signaling/credibility problems in private markets. — connects to: Irreversible commitments force the enemy, not oneself, to be the one who yields. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 433

Broader Connections

• Irreversible commitments force the enemy, not oneself, to be the one who yields. #exemplifies (0.85) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 433