Search: Deterrence (4 materials)

The U.S. Challenges Multipolarity in a Struggle for a Space Dominance: from Deterrence to Competitive Endurance

... these plans have to be judged not only as a new Manhattan project, but also as a military-economic support for the establishment of a new world order In February 2023, the United States presented a roadmap for the practical re-assessement of modern deterrence vis-a-vis geostrategic adversaries. Official statements and decisions coming from Washington at the turn of 2024 confirmed the intent to reach an absolute superiority in space domain with all ensuing consequences. [ 1 ] From ‘Deterrence’ ...

28.03.2024

It’s Hard to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room, Especially If It Isn’t There. RAND on the Search for Cyber Coercion

... for defining coercion in cyberspace on the seminal work by the American economist Thomas Schelling Arms and Influence , among other things. They claim that Schelling described two forms of coercion: active coercion (compellence) and passive coercion (deterrence). In their words, the former involves the active use of force in some form to compel action by another. In contrast, the latter involves the threat ened use of force to either motivate action or refrain from a particular activity. Schelling ...

19.11.2019

Time for a New Approach to Conventional Arms Control?

Measures should be based on existing agreements rather than negotiating a new treaty The return to an outright deterrence relationship between NATO and Russia involves the danger of an arms race and a number of military risks, particularly in the NATO-Russia contact zones. These risks can be contained by means of sub-regional arms control. Approaches of this kind ...

02.10.2019

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    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
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