The Power to Coerce: Countering Adversaries Without Going to War

Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- The Power to Coerce: Countering Adversaries Without Going to War: Declining Utility of Military Force and Increasing Importance of Nonmilitary Power -- The Power to Coerce -- Forms and Uses of American Coercive Power -- Economic Sanctions -- Arms and Technology Embargoes -- Exploitation of Energy Supplies -- Maritime Intercept -- Support for Adversaries' Opponents -- Offensive Cyber Operations -- Assessment of Options -- Communications -- Findings and Recommendations -- Abbreviations -- References

"Mounting costs, risks, and public misgivings of waging war are raising the importance of U.S. power to coerce (P2C). The best P2C options are financial sanctions, support for political opposition to hostile regimes, and offensive cyber operations"--Publisher's description