Deterrence in theory
This party determines the success or failure of deterrent threats
What is the target?
He argued that in a nuclear world, to act in blatantly offensive ways is madness
Who is Kenneth Waltz?
An increase in the intensity of conflict
What is vertical escalation?
Defines coercive diplomacy as an alternative to military strategy
Who is Alexander George?
This is designed to influence political, economic, or military conditions abroad where the government's role will not be be apparent or acknowledged publicly
What is covert action?
The antonym of deterrence
What is compellence?
He spoke about a "competition in risk-taking"
Who is Thomas Schelling?
An increase in a conflict's geographic scope
What is horizontal escalation?
Coercive diplomacy is fundamentally a contest of (blank)
What are wills?
This operation compelled the Bosnian Serb Army to lift the siege of Sarajevo
What is Operation Deliberate Force?
Punishment strategies are fundamentally about this
What is cost-imposition?
For deterrence optimists, mutual (blank) is key to success
What is vulnerability?
When a combatant's actions prove unintentionally escalatory
What is inadvertent escalation?
One of three types of defensive coercive diplomacy
What are persuading an opponent to (1) stop short of a goal, (2) undo an action, or (3) make changes to government or policy?
One of three things that shapes the probability of coercive success
These strategies seek to deter an action by making it infeasible or unlikely to succeed
What is denial?
(Blank) strategies hold population centers at risk
What are countervalue strategies?
What is bargaining?
A primary tool of influence for U.S. foreign policy since at least the 1940s
What is security assistance?
Well-conceived pressure strategies require one of four things
What are: (1) clear objectives, (2) understanding of an adversary's vulnerabilities, (3) understanding of an adversary's decision calculus, or (4) ability to operate at scale?
This involves discouraging attacks on third parties
What is extended deterrence?
Albert Wohlstetter saw a (blank) "balance of terror"
What is precarious or delicate?
Literally wrote the book on the subject
Who is Herman Kahn?
The threat or use of military force to advance foreign policy objectives is called (blank)
What is "gunboat diplomacy?"
The absence of (blank) can signal a lack of resolve
What are ground forces?