MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- Air University Press just released a Conventional Deterrence Special Edition of Strategic Studies Quarterly for winter 2018. SSQ is an Air Force-sponsored strategic forum on national and international security.
In this issue:
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An interview with John Mearsheimer, author of the quintessential book, Conventional Deterrence.
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Stephen Chiabotti from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at Air University writes on Clausewitz as counterpuncher to explain the logic of conventional deterrence.
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Robert Peters, Justin Anderson and Harrison Menke from National Defense University answer the question: Should the U.S. reintegrate conventional and nuclear planning strategies?
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Naval Academy professor Martin Libicki explores cyber capabilities as punishment to deter adversaries.
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James Wirtz, with Naval Postgraduate School, explains the complicated difference between nuclear and conventional deterrence.
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RAND’s Karl Mueller assesses the effectiveness of conventional deterrence against a potential Russian invasion of the Baltic states
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Robert Haffa, from Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and an SSQ advisor, offers a glimpse of the future of conventional deterrence given great power competition.
The issue is available at https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/SSQ.
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