Confronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries : prospects for neutralization, strategies for escalation management

• Author: Rand Corporation
• VerfasserIn: Morgan, Forrest E
• TeilnehmendeR: Rand Corporation; Project Air Force (U.S.)
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : Rand Corporation, 2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Research report Confronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Table of Contents

1. An Emerging National Security Challenge: Introduction -- Purpose of This Research -- Research Methodology -- How This Report Is Organized -- 2. Bringing the Challenge into Focus: The Blurred Nuclear Threshold -- Third-Party Considerations -- These Factors Increase Risks of Conflict Escalation -- Dilemmas for U.S. Decisionmakers -- 3. Assessing the Neutralization Options: The Adversary's Range of Options -- Potential Ways to Neutralize an Adversary's Nuclear Capabilities -- Concluding Observations 4. Managing Escalation in Crisis and War -- The Principles of Threshold Management -- Managing Escalation in Three Geostrategic Challenges -- Looking at the Larger Picture -- 5. Meeting the Challenge -- The Regional Nuclear Paradox -- Crafting Strategies for Escalation Management -- Putting These Observations in Today's Geostrategic Context -- Recommendations for the U.S. Air Force -- Appendix A. The Second Nuclear Age -- Appendix B. The Inadequacy of Cold War Concepts.