Defining escalation in an A2/AD context -- East China Sea escalation -- Allied preparedness in the East China Sea -- South China Sea escalation -- Allied preparedness in the South China Sea -- Taiwan escalation -- Allied preparedness and Taiwan -- Conclusions
Summary
"Examines three prominent escalation scenarios in the Asia-Pacific in the context of China's developing area-denial/anti-access capability: a seizure of the Southwest Island Chain in the East China Sea; a seizure of the Spratly Island features; and an outright invasion of Taiwan. Dr. Rapp-Hooper analyzes the differences between deliberate, inadvertent, and accidental escalations to advise policymakers on how to proscribe adversaries from achieving escalation dominance by exploiting asymmetric vulnerabilities. Dr. Rapp Hooper concludes that the best counter to deliberate and inadvertent escalations are tailored deterrence and clarified escalation thresholds respectively"--Publisher's web site
Notes
"May 2016."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (CNAS, viewed June 28, 2016)