Shaping a Way Ahead on Military Strategy: The Need for Strategic Coherence
04/19/2020
By Robbin Laird
With a growing array of single service initiatives designed to compete for “deterrence badges†in the great power competition, there is a clear danger of splintering deterrence rather than reinforcing it.
In my recent discussion with Dr. Paul Bracken, the nuclear weapons expert, underscored the key importance of the nuclear equation when shaping a deterrent approach to Russia or China.
And with many top military leaders having lived through a period of land-centric wars where this was simply not a consideration, it is not about remembering, it is about fundamentally rethinking how the nuclear aspect is woven into a deterrent strategy and understanding the challenges of deterrence in a second nuclear age.
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