Dancing with the Bear: Managing Escalation in a Conflict with Russia
Mardi, 13. mars 2012 8:41
Le Centre des études de sécurité de l’IFRI a récemment publié le numéro 40 de la série Proliferation Papers intitulé :
Dancing with the Bear: Managing Escalatation in a Conflict with Russia
L’auteur, Forrest E. Morgan, est expert en science politique à la RAND Corporation et professeur associé à la University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Avant de rejoindre la RAND en 2003, il a servi 27 ans dans la U.S. Air Force.
Il est l’auteur, parmi de nombreuses autres publications, de Deterrence and First-Strike Stability in Space: A Preliminary Assessment (RAND, 2010).
Résumé de l’article :
« Escalation”, the tendency of belligerents to increase the force or breadth of their attacks to gain advantage or avoid defeat, is not a new phenomenon. Systematic thought about how to manage it, however, did not crystallize until the Cold War and the invention of nuclear weapons. Given the limitations identified in these Cold War approaches to escalation and the profound changes that have affected the strategic environment, a new framework for thinking and managing escalation against nuclear adversaries is needed. It should lead to a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of escalation: its dynamics, forms, and the motives that drive it. This paper attempts to fill a gap in the current strategic literature, and explores the challenges that NATO would face in managing escalation in a military conflict with a major nuclear power such as the Russian Federation. Escalation management is about keeping wars limited. In a war against Russia, Western leaders would need to weigh their interests in the issue at stake and adjust their war aims and efforts accordingly. They could secure success only if it is defined and pursued in ways that ultimately allow for compromise and do not threaten the survival of the Russian state or its leaders.
Table des matières :
Introduction
Escalation Management during the Cold War
A New Approach to Escalation Management
Managing Escalation Risks in a Conflict with the Russian Federation
Conclusion
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