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03418aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 260140826B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 160602t20162016caua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0833090445 020 $a 9780833090447 035 $a (OCoLC)951065670 040 $a LRU $b eng $e rda $c LRU $d LRU $d OCLCO $d KSU $d INU $d BDX $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a U240 C66x 2016 100 1 $a Connable, Ben, $e author. 245 10 $a Stretching and exploiting thresholds for high-order war : $b how Russia, China, and Iran are eroding American influence using time-tested measures short of war / $c Ben Connable, Jason H. Campbell, Dan Madden. 246 30 $a How Russia, China, and Iran are eroding American influence using time-tested measures short of war 264 1 $a Santa Monica, Calif. : $b RAND Corporation, $c [2016] 300 $a xv, 40 pages : $b illustration ; $c 28 cm. 490 1 $a Research report ; $v RR-1003-A 500 $a At head of title: RAND Arroyo Center. 500 $a "Prepared for the United States Army." 520 $a "U.S. thresholds for high-order conventional and nuclear war are diffuse and dynamic, differ across regions, and are hard to enforce. Since 9/11, three of the primary nation-state competitors to the United States--Russia, China, and Iran--have successfully exploited or stretched U.S. thresholds for high-order war in order to further their strategic ends and, in the process, undermine U.S. interests. Each of these countries has made expert use of some combination of measures short of war, including economic leverage, terrorism, limited military incursions, aggressive diplomacy, and covert action, to enact its strategies. Some argue that these actions constitute a new international order, or perhaps a new way of war. They do not: Use of measures short of war is time-tested nation-state behavior. U.S. policymakers and military service leaders would benefit from additional consideration of these measures, how they are used against the United States, and how they might be defended against and exploited to further U.S. strategic interests"--Publisher's description. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-40). 505 00 $t Bibliography. $t Figure -- $t Summary -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Abbreviations -- $g 4. $t Time-Tested Measures Short of War: $t Myths of the New Paradigms -- $g 2. $t American Understanding of Thresholds Is Impractical -- $g 3. $t Russia, China, and Iran Apply Measures Short of War: $t Example 1: Russia Exploits and Stretches Thresholds in Eastern Europe -- $t Example 2: China Expands Its Boundaries in East Asia -- $t Example 3: Iran in Iraq -- $g 4. $t Conclusion, Considerations, and Cautions: $t Considerations -- $t The Risks of Improving and Increasing the Use of Measures Short of War -- $t Bibliography. 650 0 $a Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) 651 0 $a United States $x Military policy $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Security, International $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 21st century. 700 1 $a Campbell, Jason H., $e author. 700 1 $a Madden, Dan, $e author. 710 2 $a Arroyo Center, $e issuing body. 830 0 $a Research report (Rand Corporation) ; $v RR-1003-A. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403032106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=260140826B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search