... ways. It shows that nuclear-armed countries that face dire prospects in conventional war are the same ones that tend to develop nuclear postures tailored to coercive nuclear escalation. existential deterrence capabilities North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO resilient survivability stability...

...This chapter turns to the work of Konrad Lorenz. Primarily interested in the scientific study of animal behavior, Lorenz believed that understanding how and why animals behave the way they do would shed light on the predicament of human behavior and the problem of nuclear escalation. Whereas Ardrey...

... an adversary cyber operation look like preparation for impending war? Cyber operations targeting adversary nuclear forces, particularly NC3 that may be more vulnerable to cyber attack, can lead to inadvertent nuclear escalation if the target assesses its adversary has a counterforce/damage limitation...

... Michael S Acton James C3I facilities command control and intelligence cyberwarfare missile defense Nuclear Posture Review 2018 Guam Japan South Korea risk manipulation command and control organizational processes organizational procedures nuclear escalation decision-making We saw (in Chapter...

... of nuclear escalation to the extremes. Taiwan China United States nuclear escalation missiles war naval warfare invasion scenario wargaming This chapter will detail the possible unfolding of a conflict over Taiwan, focusing on the canonical scenario of a Chinese invasion of the island...