Disciplined Lethality: Expanding Competition with Iran in an Age of Nation-State Rivalries

Abstract

The United States had formerly enjoyed distinct competitive advantages prosecuting armed conflict in the war on terror around the globe. However, the swift ascension of states such as China, Russia, and Iran in terms of regional and global capabilities to project power, coupled with the exhausting U.S. focus on defeating violent extremist organizations over the better part of two decades, requires a reevaluation of strategy. This shift is neither new nor unanticipated. As articulated in the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS), strategic competition between the worlds Great Powers will define the new operational environment moving forward. Rising near peer competitors are using innovative technology and seizing on ambiguities within the new and emerging battlespace to make strategic gains on the margins of peace that nullify or bypass traditional American strengths.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1099532

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  • Scott J. Harr

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  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Agreements
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Gray Zone
  • Information Operations
  • International Law
  • Korea
  • Middle East
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Security
  • South China Sea
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.