September 14, 2016
Leaving the “Gray Zone”: The U.S. Need to Fight Aggression Below Conventional War
The Commander-in-Chief Forum featuring Secretary Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s thoughts on national security missed an opportunity to engage the candidates on the gray zone tactics China and Russia are using to advance their agendas. Gray zone tactics represent asymmetric actions of many forms that do not trigger a robust adversarial response while still generating strategic gains. These states have acquired territory and expanded their influence, both politically and the physical range of their advanced weaponry, using “salami slicing” in recent years. Deterring these tactics requires comprehensive strategies. Gray zone tactics will be one of the most daunting policy challenges facing the next President of the United States. The next President, regardless of party, must have a plan.
To read the full op-ed, visit the Small Wars Journal website.
More from CNAS
-
U.S. Iran Talks Face Persistent Impasse
Bloomberg Economics analysts Becca Wasser and Dina Esfandiary say the U.S. and Iran remain far apart on key issues, with intermittent strikes and negotiations likely to define...
By Becca Wasser
-
Defense Tech’s Big Test
Commentary
Introduction The U.S. defense sector is at the front end of the largest private capital cycle it has ever seen, with venture capital investment assuming an inceasingly powerfu...
By Mela Louise Norman
-
U.S. Missile Stockpiles Under Pressure
Video
Germany is buying US Tomahawk missiles even as Europe races to build its own defense industry. Bloomberg Economics' Becca Wasser, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a ...
By Becca Wasser
-
Trump Uses Air Force One to Depart Turkey
Video
Becca Wasser, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins CNN This Morning to discuss why President Trump flew home from Turkey on the old the Ai...
By Becca Wasser
