Michael J Mazarr

Datos Biográficos

ID755011
NOMBREMichael J Mazarr
NOMBRESMichael J
APELLIDOMazarr
FIRMAMAZARR M J
AFILIACIONESCenter for Strategic and International Studies
ORCID0009-0002-5768-7344
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS40
TOTAL DE CITAS57
TOTAL COMO AUTOR40
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1988
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
ÍNDICE H4

  • What Deters and Why

    Alireza Nader, Arthur Chan et al.BOOKWhat Deters and Why2021

    As part of a series of reports in which RAND researchers examine the established concepts of deterrence and develop a framework for evaluating the strength of deterrent relationships, this report explores two ongoing examples of extended deterrence. In particular, RAND researchers apply the established framework to U.S. efforts to deter North Korean aggression against South Korea and U.S. efforts to deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan.

  • Understanding Deterrence

    Open AccessMichael J MazarrCHAPTERNL ARMS2021

    The challenge of deterrence—discouraging states from taking unwanted actions, especially military aggression—has again become a principal theme in U.S. defence policy. This chapter reviews the fundamentals of deterrence in theory and practice. It surveys basic definitions and types of deterrence, including central versus extended deterrence and techniques of deterring by denial or punishment. The chapter argues that it in inaccurate to equate det…

  • The Future of South Korean–U.S. Security Relations

    Young‐Koo Cha, Young-koo Cha et al.BOOKFuture of South Korean-U. S.…2020

  • Rethinking Restraint

    Michael J MazarrARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2020

    The ongoing pandemic crisis is likely to reshape many national policies and social habits, and foreign policy will be no less affected than other areas. Given the massive and ongoing costs of the c

  • Virtual Territorial Integrity

    Michael J MazarrARTICLESurvival2020

    Such a norm could prohibit cyber attacks on physical infrastructure, interference in electoral processes and divisive informational campaigns

  • Leap of Faith

    Michael J Mazarr, Michael MazarrBOOKLeap of Faith2019

    The dramatic insider account of why we invaded Iraq, the motivations that drove it, and the frustrations of those who tried and failed to stop it, leading to the most costly misadventure in US history.

  • America's Strategy-Resource Mismatch

    Timothy Bonds, Michael Mazarr et al.BOOKAmerica's Strategy-Resource…2019

    In order to defend itself and its national interests, and to maintain the trust of allies as a reliable security guarantor, the United States must match its national security policies with the resources available to support them. This report discusses the specific gaps between the stated strategic and defense policies of the United States and the resources and capabilities that would be required to implement those policies successfully.

  • Gaining Competitive Advantage in the Gray Zone

    Lyle J Morris, Lyle Morris et al.BOOKGaining Competitive Advantage in…2019

    In this report, the authors examine how the United States might respond to Russian and Chinese efforts to seek strategic advantage through coercive actions in the gray zone. They use insights from their extensive field research and general research on the gray zone phenomenon to sketch out the elements of a strategic response to the gray zone challenge and develop a menu of response options for U.S. officials to consider.

  • Four Problems on the Korean Peninsula

    Gian Gentile, Arroyo Center Staff et al.BOOKFour Problems on the Korean…2019

    North Korea's ongoing development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles increases the possibility of their use against regional states, furthering instability across the region and beyond. This toolkit provides visualizations illuminating four Korea-related problems: North Korea's nuclear arsenal, North Korean artillery systems, evacuating South Korean population centers, and securing North Korean nuclear weapons and facilities

  • Hostile Social Manipulation

    Michael J Mazarr, Michael Mazarr et al.BOOKHostile Social Manipulation2019

    The practitioners of hostile social manipulation employ social media, sophisticated forgeries, cyberbullying and harassment, distribution of rumors and conspiracy theories, and other tools to cause damage to their target state. This report represents an effort to better define and understand the challenge by focusing on the activities of the two leading authors of such techniques — Russia and China

  • The Emerging Risk of Virtual Societal Warfare

    Michael J Mazarr, Michael Mazarr et al.BOOKEmerging Risk of Virtual Societal…2019

    The evolution of advanced information environments is rapidly creating a new category of possible cyberaggression that involves efforts to manipulate or disrupt the information foundations of the effective functioning of economic and social systems. RAND researchers are calling this growing threat virtual societal warfare in an analysis of its characteristics and implications for the future

  • Leap of Faith

    Michael J Mazarr, Michael MazarrBOOKLeap of Faith2019

    Leap of Faith is the first comprehensive and objective history of the decision to invade Iraq. Mike Mazarr shows how the most impressive and experienced foreign policy team made the greatest strategic folly of the century

  • Understanding the Emerging Era of International Competition

    Michael J Mazarr, Michael Mazarr et al.BOOK2018

    The new era of intensifying global competition is characterized by rivalry in the political, economic, and military spheres. This report summarizes findings of a study about the character of the emerging era of international competition. It is the first of three reports that examines the nature of that competition; evaluates its military, economic, geopolitical, and informational components; and assesses the perspectives of the major powers.

  • Preserving the Post-War Order

    Michael J MazarrARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2017

    Few foreign policy issues have attracted more recent attention than the fate of the post-war liberal international order. There is abundant evidence that its norms and institutions have helped stab

  • A Strategy of Discriminate Power

    Michael J MazarrARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2014

    The leading challenge for U.S. grand strategy over the next decade is to exercise persistent global leadership under the shadow of intensifying constraints. These include fiscal shortfalls that lim

  • The Risks of Ignoring Strategic Insolvency

    Michael J MazarrARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2012Citada por: 1

  • Rivalry's New Face

    Michael J MazarrARTICLESurvival2012

    Rather than reflecting a return to geopolitical power-balancing, the emerging system of ‘entangled rivalry’ will display forms and patterns unique to its own age

  • Doomed to Repeat

    Michael J MazarrARTICLESurvival2010

  • The Folly of ‘Asymmetric War’

    Michael J MazarrARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2008Referencias: 2

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael J. MazarrMichael J. Mazarr is a professor of national security strategy at the U.S. National War College. The views expressed here are his own and do not reflect the policy or position of the U.S. government or the Department of Defense. He may be reached at [email protected]. He would like to thank three War College colleagues for extraordinarily helpful comments on an earlier draft of this essay

  • The Iraq War and Agenda Setting

    Open AccessMichael J MazarrARTICLEForeign Policy Analysis2006Citada por: 13Referencias: 28

    This essay takes concepts from early examples of a literature that is seldom used in foreign policy analysis—the literature on agenda setting in the U.S. government—and applies it to the case study of the U.S. decision to launch Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. After a brief case history, the essay examines various core themes in the agenda-setting framework, and finds that concepts such as policy communities, focusing events, and policy windows …

  • George W. Bush, Idealist

    Open AccessMichael J MazarrARTICLEInternational Affairs2003Citada por: 5

    There is much anger and confused grumbling these days outside the United States—and in Europe in particular—about the character of the Bush administration's foreign policy. Perceived American unilateralism is raising hackles and questions. This article contends that current trends in US foreign policy can be better understood by realizing that many senior Bush administration officials are not ‘realists’, at least as that philosophy of world polit…

  • Saved from ourselves

    Michael J MazarrARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly2002Referencias: 8

    A reaction to U.S. power was undoubtedly underway before September 11, as chronicled in The Washington Quarterly's summer 2001 articles. Ironically, terrorism has generated a surge of nostalgic sympathy for the United States. What will the United States do with this hiatus

  • Acting like a leader

    Michael J MazarrARTICLESurvival2002

  • The pessimism syndrome

    Michael J MazarrARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly1998Citada por: 1

  • Nuclear Weapons in a Transformed World

    Eliot A Cohen, Michael J MazarrARTICLEForeign Affairs1998Citada por: 2

    Foreword - Introduction - PART 1: THE NOTION OF VIRTUAL ARSENALS M.Mazarr - PART 2: ELEMENTS OF VIRTUAL DETERRENCE - Nuclear Doctrine M.Brown - Command, Control, and Warning B.Blair - Force Structure and Nuclear Infrastructure P.Wilson - Verification and Monitoring D.Kay - Reconstitution and Reassembly M.Wheeler - Strategic Defenses K.Payne - PART 3: CASE STUDIES - Established Nuclear Weapons States M.Mazarr - Case Study: Russia K.Sorokin - Case …