Deterrence and the Great Power Competition
Provide a 150 word minimum response to each of the 2 postings of the classmates in regards to questions A and B.
Please note you can agree or disagree in your response with any of the responses from the classmates as long as you back it up with explanation and facts. You must use at least 1 source from class readings for each response at minimum and 2 other sources from class or outside of class.
In-text citations must be done in accordance with College Style Guide attached and not APA. (Questions A and B responses below have done citations appropriately).
QUESTION A: Ultimately, Brodie, Sterner, and Corbett all deal with the concept of deterrence. How does deterrence shape Great Power Competition or does Great Power competition shape deterrence, if so how and why? Support your answer with information from the readings or any other sources you believe appropriate.
QUESTION B: The U.S., as other nations, has come under increasing attack in the cyber domain. Given what you have learned of military strategy and the model of ends, ways, and means, how might you articulate a U.S. strategy for war in the cyber domain against China, North Korea, and/or Russia? If found helpful, consider the ideas of Sterner for defense, offense, retaliation, and deterrence in your answer.
Justify and support your answer using your experience and source support from the assigned readings.
Classmates responses:
C’s response to Question A:
Great Power Competition shapes deterrence, and I would argue not many objectives have the power and influence to shape GPC. Deterrence is a tactic to help alleviate the escalation of forces and instill fear or second guess adversaries’ ability to achieve their goals. Brodie defines deterrence through limited war, which he describes as intentional restraint to conflict by powerful countries (Brodie 1959, 7). He makes it clear that this idea only applies to near-peer adversaries. Different conflicts like African factions at war with each other does not constitute limited war because they do not possess the technology for advanced warfare (Brodie 1959, 7). Additionally, he discusses that limited war was popularized through the emergence of warfare technology like nuclear weapons (Brodie 1959, 6). The amount of damage and destruction created from these WMDs resulted in a need to solve