Title Competing with Russia militarily : implications of conventional and nuclear conflicts / Clint Reach, Edward Geist, Abby Doll, Joe Cheravitch

Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (31 pages) : illustrations, maps Series RAND Perspective ; 330 RAND Perspective series ; 330 Summary The U.S. Department of Defense now recognizes Russia as one of its "principal priorities" in the context of renewed great power competition. In this report, the authors examine the implications of a conventional military confrontation between NATO and Russia in Europe and the associated risk of nuclear escalation. The research in this report primarily draws on recently published RAND Corporation reports to identify strengths, weaknesses, and risks for both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Russia in a large-scale war. The authors found that although Russia does possess a number of key advantages in the early stages of a war that would pose serious challenges to a NATO response, its current ground force structure and posture do not ensure an obvious path to defeating NATO in a protracted conflict and avoiding nuclear escalation. The report also finds that by addressing existing challenges posed by Russia in the Baltic theater, there are opportunities for NATO to strengthen deterrence and shape Russian perceptions of NATO's ability to respond militarily in advance of a possible crisis scenario Notes Title from PDF document (viewed June 4, 2021) "June 2021." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-29) Notes Description based on electronic resource Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization. SUBJECT North Atlantic Treaty Organization. fast (OCoLC)fst00529467 Subject Deterrence (Strategy) Deterrence (Strategy) Military relations. SUBJECT United States -- Military relations -- Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) -- Military relations -- United States Subject Russia (Federation) United States. Form Electronic book Author Geist, Edward Doll, Abby Cheravitch, Joe Arroyo Center. Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program. Rand Corporation. United States. Army.

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