Improving Conflict-Phase Access: Identifying U.S. Policy Levers

Abstract

Ensuring access to the territory of allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific in the event of a future conflict with China is a critical concern for U.S. policymakers. The physical and political geography of the region sharply limits U.S. options for access to such an extent that some allied and partner decisions regarding providing access could determine the outcome of a conflict. A clearer understanding of how and why U.S. allies and partners are likely to make conflict-phase access decisions, and what U.S. policymakers can do to affect the decisions ahead of time, is therefore essential.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 29, 2023
Accession Number
AD1215656

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  • Andrew Stravers
  • Bryan A. Frederick
  • Emily Ellinger
  • Gabrielle Tarini
  • Howard Wang
  • Jeffrey W. Hornung
  • Jonah Blank
  • Jordan Ernstsen
  • Kristen Guinness
  • Lev N. Chao
  • Lydia Grek
  • Lyle J. Morris
  • Michael J. Mazarr
  • Shawn Cochran

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  • RAND Corporation

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  • Air Force
  • Case Studies
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Delphi Method
  • Department Of Defense
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  • Governments
  • National Politics
  • Peacetime
  • Republic
  • Space Force
  • Topography
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies