Stretching and Exploiting Thresholds for High-Order War How Russia, China, and Iran Are Eroding American Influence Using Time-Tested Measures Short of War

Since 9/11, Russia, China, and Iran have successfully exploited or stretched U.S. thresholds for high-order war in order to further their strategic ends and, in the process, undermine U.S. interests. Each of these countries has made expert use of some combination of measures short of war to enact it...

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Main Author: Connable, Ben (auth)
Other Authors: Campbell, Jason H. (auth), Madden, Dan (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2016
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Summary:Since 9/11, Russia, China, and Iran have successfully exploited or stretched U.S. thresholds for high-order war in order to further their strategic ends and, in the process, undermine U.S. interests. Each of these countries has made expert use of some combination of measures short of war to enact its strategies. This report describes those measures and how these nation-states use them and explains why U.S. notions of thresholds might be outdated.
ISBN:j.ctt1cx3vg8
9780833095442
9780833090447
Access:Open Access