Deterrence and Influence: The Navy's Role in Preventing War. Revision 1

Abstract

A central tenet of the U.S. Navy's new Maritime Strategy is that preventing wars is as important as winning wars. This emphasis on war prevention has generated new research on maritime contributions to deterrence. OPNAV N51 (Director, Strategy and Policy Division) asked CNA to identify and analyze how maritime capabilities, assets, and operations contribute to conventional deterrence in the current and emerging international security environment. Deterrence has always been one of the central strategic principles of war prevention. But now, with the end of the Cold War and the rise of a new generation of security challenges, deterrence strategies need to be updated. This study examines one aspect of deterrence that has traditionally been overlooked - conventional deterrence. Our objective is to analyze how U.S. non-nuclear capabilities can be used to deter conventional aggression, and to examine the role of maritime power in preventing conventional conflicts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA497123

Entities

People

  • Daniel Whiteneck
  • Michael Gerson

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies