Comment:  The first two links present these articles first as web based and second as pdf.  If you enlarge the text on the web based version, it is peppered with hot links to other articles which appear as a slightly different color text which if the cursor hovers over it the hand appears showing it is a hot link to another article.  The pdf version has some nice photos added.

https://www.hudson.org/defense-strategy/relearning-escalation-dynamics-win-new-cold-war-rebeccah-heinrichs

https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.hudson.org/Relearning+Escalation+Dynamics+to+Win+the+New+Cold+War.pdf

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Sep 20, 2024

Hudson Institute

Nuclear Coercion in the Current Threat Environment

The United States is in a new era of significant danger. The US-led international order, which America and its democratic allies and partners have maintained since World War II, is at risk. A new axis of authoritarian powers comprising China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran is working hard to undermine and ultimately break this US-led order in what amounts to a second cold war.

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Table of Contents

I. Introduction
By Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

II. Deterring and Responding to Escalation: What the US Needs and Why
By Matthew R. Costlow

III. Arms Racing and Reality: Why the Action-Reaction Phenomenon Is a Myth
By Kyle Balzer

IV. What the Russia-Ukraine War Teaches about Deterrence Failure and Escalation
By Ryan Tully

A B-2A Spirit bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing leads a delta formation consisting of two F-15C Eagles assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing and two Royal Air Force F-35B Lightnings as they conduct aerial operations over the North Sea on September 16, 2019. (US Air Force)