3 thoughts on “Deterrence”

  1. Deterrence is the threat to punish another actor if it takes a certain negative action, specifically towards ones own nation or ones allies. It aims to prevent violence all together and is arguably easier than compellence. Furthermore, deterrence is broken up into two categories, type 1, which refers to ones own state deterring another from attacking (usually through the building of military might), and type 2, which refers to deterring violence from one actor against an ally of another (trip wire is usually the most effective way to achieve type 2).

  2. Methods of deterrence could include economic or military sanctions, trip wire or threat of nuclear or other attack.

Comments are closed.