04100oam 2200721zu 450 991021996860332120210807004916.00-8330-9335-5(CKB)3710000000595095(SSID)ssj0001645528(PQKBManifestationID)16414253(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001645528(PQKBWorkID)14951858(PQKB)10230014(oapen)doab115551(EXLCZ)99371000000059509520160829d2015 uy engurmn|---annantxtccrConfronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries : prospects for neutralization, strategies for escalation managementRAND Corporation2015[Place of publication not identified]Rand Corporation20151 online resourceResearch report Confronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8330-8909-9 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.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.Confronting Emergent Nuclear-Armed Regional AdversariesNuclear weaponsHistoryGovernment policy21st centuryUnited StatesNuclear arms controlGovernment policyHistory21st centuryUnited StatesEscalation (Military science)History21st centuryUnited StatesDeterrence (Strategy)History21st centuryConflict managementHistory21st centurySecurity, InternationalMilitary planningMilitary Science - GeneralHILCCMilitary & Naval ScienceHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCUnited StatesMilitary policyUnited StatesfastNuclear weaponsHistoryGovernment policyNuclear arms controlGovernment policyHistoryEscalation (Military science)HistoryDeterrence (Strategy)HistoryConflict managementHistorySecurity, International.Military planning.Military Science - GeneralMilitary & Naval ScienceLaw, Politics & Government327.1/7470973Morgan Forrest E.0Rand Corporation,Project Air Force (U.S.),PQKBBOOK9910219968603321Confronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries : prospects for neutralization, strategies for escalation management2895839UNINA