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.