Cross-Domain Deterrence

Jon R. Lindsay is Assistant Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He previously served in the U.S. Navy with operational assignments in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is a co-editor of China and Cybersecurity (with Tai Ming Cheung, Derek S. Reveron, Oxford).Erik Gartzke is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Peace and Security Studies at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been a member of the research faculty since 2007. He is a co-editor of Nonproliferation Policy and Nuclear Posture (with Neil Narang and Matthew Kroenig) and Causes and Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation (with Robert Rauchhaus and Matthew Kroenig).

These strong essays show that cyber, conventional weapons, and diplomacy can be employed in complex mixes. This deeper understanding of how things are likely to unfold should inform scholars, policy-makers, and anyone interested in these fascinating issues of increasing importance.

• Introduction1. Cross-Domain Deterrence, from Practice to TheoryJon Lindsay and Erik GartzkeThe Concept of Cross-Domain Deterrence 2. Cross-Domain Deterrence in American Foreign PolicyMichael Nacht, Patricia Schuster, and Eva Uribe3. The Past and Future of Deterrence TheoryPatrick M. Morgan4. Simplicity and Complexity in the Nth Nuclear Era Ron LehmanStrategic Implications of Different Military Domains 5. Deterrence in and through CyberspaceJacquelyn Schneider6. Anti-Satellite Weapons and the Instability of DeterrenceBenjamin Bahney, Jonathan Pearl, and Michael Markey7. Air Power Versus Ground Forces: Deterrence at the Operational Level of WarPhil Haun8. Sea Power Versus Land Power: Cross-Domain Deterrence in the Peloponnesian War Joshua RovnerCommunication and Credibility across Domains 9. International Law and the Common Knowledge Requirements of Cross-Domain DeterrenceJames Morrow10. Signaling with Secrets: Evidence on Soviet Perceptions and Counterforce Developments in the Late Cold WarBrendan Rittenhouse Green and Austin G. Long11. Extended Deterrence and Assurance in Multiple Domains Rupal MehtaInteractions across Military and Nonmilitary Domains12. Asymmetric Advantage: Weaponizing People as Non-Military Instruments of Cross-Domain Coercion Kelly Greenhill13. Linkage Politics: Managing the End of the Cold WarJoshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson 14. Beyond Military Deterrence: The Multidimensionality of International Relations in East Asia Chin-Hao Huang and David KangConclusion15. The Analytic Potential of Cross-Domain Deterrence Jon Lindsay and Erik Gartzke