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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910219968603321
• Autore: Morgan Forrest E.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: RAND Corporation, 2015; [Place of publication not identified], : Rand Corporation, 2015
• ISBN: 0-8330-9335-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: Research report Confronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries
• Disciplina: 327.1/7470973
• Soggetti: Nuclear weapons - History - Government policy - 21st century - United States; Nuclear arms control - Government policy - History - 21st century - United States; Escalation (Military science) - History - 21st century - United States; Deterrence (Strategy) - History - 21st century; Conflict management - History - 21st century; Security, International; Military planning; Military Science - General; Military & Naval Science; Law, Politics & Government; United States Military policy; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This report discusses the challenges associated with potential confrontations between the United States and hostile states with small nuclear arsenals. It examines prospects for neutralizing their nuclear capabilities via combinations of offensive and defensive options at varying levels of opponent nuclear development and managing escalation risks in conventional wars with them across a range of scenarios.