Title Flashpoints, escalation, and A2/AD / Mira Rapp-Hooper

Published Washington, DC : Center for a New American Security, [2016] ©2016

Click on the following:
JSTOR Security

Copies

Description 1 online resource (9 pages) Series Alliance requirements roadmap series Contents 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) Subject Escalation (Military science) Access denial (Military science) -- China Deterrence (Strategy) Access denial (Military science) Deterrence (Strategy) Escalation (Military science) Military policy. SUBJECT China -- Military policy -- 21st century United States -- Military policy -- 21st century Subject China. United States. Form Electronic book Author Center for a New American Security, publisher.

Other Titles Flashpoints, escalation, and anti-access/area denial

  Permalink