Recommendations for a new U.S. deterrence strategy: the effective integration of defense, economic, infrastructure, industrial, and intelligence capabilities that could be extended into a coordinated approach with allies and partners.
Rebooting America’s Deterrence Approach: Employing a United Deterrence Strategy with Allies and Partners
Strengthening deterrence is a key challenge for the next administration and will require that the United States and its allies develop a unified strategy to effectively manage relations with competitors.
China is at the top of the list of a complex geostrategic ecosystem of overlapping challenges. A renewed deterrence strategy should emphasize integration of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic tools. It will require a coordinated interagency process beyond the limited efforts taken to date. It is crucial to develop advanced, non-kinetic strategies paired with upholding the U.S. military edge to deter aggression and maintain peace amid these evolving global challenges.
Creating and maximizing the impact of desired effects will require synchronized international actions. Further, coordinating aspects of relations with China will serve as an umbrella for broader and shared assurance and deterrence efforts to address nexuses with Russia, North Korea, and Iran.