Deterrence Without Escalation:A Case for the Arctic in 2040

Abstract

Nuclear and conventional deterrence will remain foundational to national security. However, we do not have the capability to preempt or prevent a major regional power from using unrestricted or hybrid warfare methods to increase their influence or prestige without unwanted escalation. Decision makers should be provided an option to deny an adversarys military capabilities to end a crisis while limiting undesired hostilities. Edward Luttwak refers to this as active deterrence and it could allow the US military to project power, avoid escalation, and facilitate conflict resolution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 2015
Accession Number
AD1012756

Entities

People

  • Erik Carlson

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Climate Change
  • Combat Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • High Power Microwaves
  • High Powered Microwave Weapons
  • International Relations
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies