The Viability of Non-Offensive Defense as a Strategy for National Security
Teo Kay Leng Derek
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Abstract: This essay explores viable non-offensive defense strategies through conventional deterrence in the context of the post-Cold War environment. The concept of non-offensive defense will be defined before examining key factors that determine how defense strategies are formulated, providing the framework for articulating the viability of non-offensive strategies and how they are practiced in the real world. Non-offensive defense can be a viable strategy for national security if conditions are permissive. If a state is endowed with defensible terrain (physical and human), has no immediate threats, and is of no interest to more powerful states, it can afford to implement a non-offensive defense strategy. Keywords: Deterrence; Grand Strategy; Military Posture; National Security
Source:
Pointer Vol. 38, No. 4 2012
Series:
Pointer Article ; Vol. 38, No. 4
Language:
English
BRN:
129669