LEADER 04100oam 2200721zu 450 001 9910219968603321 005 20210807004916.0 010 $a0-8330-9335-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000595095 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001645528 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16414253 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001645528 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14951858 035 $a(PQKB)10230014 035 $a(oapen)doab115551 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000595095 100 $a20160829d2015 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConfronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries : prospects for neutralization, strategies for escalation management 210 $cRAND Corporation$d2015 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cRand Corporation$d2015 215 $a1 online resource 225 0 $aResearch report Confronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8330-8909-9 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThis 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. 517 $aConfronting Emergent Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries 606 $aNuclear weapons$xHistory$xGovernment policy$y21st century$zUnited States 606 $aNuclear arms control$xGovernment policy$xHistory$y21st century$zUnited States 606 $aEscalation (Military science)$xHistory$y21st century$zUnited States 606 $aDeterrence (Strategy)$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aConflict management$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aSecurity, International 606 $aMilitary planning 606 $aMilitary Science - General$2HILCC 606 $aMilitary & Naval Science$2HILCC 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xHistory$xGovernment policy 615 0$aNuclear arms control$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aEscalation (Military science)$xHistory 615 0$aDeterrence (Strategy)$xHistory 615 0$aConflict management$xHistory 615 0$aSecurity, International. 615 0$aMilitary planning. 615 7$aMilitary Science - General 615 7$aMilitary & Naval Science 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 676 $a327.1/7470973 700 $aMorgan$b Forrest E.$00 712 02$aRand Corporation, 712 02$aProject Air Force (U.S.), 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219968603321 996 $aConfronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries : prospects for neutralization, strategies for escalation management$92895839 997 $aUNINA