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Restoring Deterrence: Flex Edition


Description
This special Flex Edition of Restoring Deterrence: Coercion and Crises in Southern Asia is meant for instructors, professors, and students seeking flexible, customizable content for online learning. It is identical in content to Restoring Deterrence, but does not require sequential progress through course content, and does not offer a certificate of completion.

Restoring Deterrence: Coercion and Crises in Southern Asia is a 3-hour adaptation of Deterrence in Southern Asia, intended for audiences of all vantage points. This course goes beyond academic theory and policy jargon to offer students the analytical tools necessary to assess the roles that coercion and deterrence play in Southern Asia. It covers deterrence relationships in the context of the “strategic chain” in Southern Asia, including China, India, and Pakistan, and explores deterrence concepts, crisis risks among nuclear-armed states, and key crisis case studies.

Only students enrolled in the Complete Edition of Restoring Deterrence are eligible to earn a certificate.

Content
  • COURSE INTRODUCTION
  • Introduction
  • Resources
  • CHAPTER 1: COERCION IN THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
  • Lesson 1.1: All About Coercion
  • Lesson 1.2: All About Deterrence
  • Lesson 1.3: All About Compellence
  • CHAPTER 2: THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
  • Lesson 2.1: The Uniqueness of Nuclear Weapons
  • Lesson 2.2: The Impact of Nuclear Weapons
  • CHAPTER 3: CRISIS RISKS
  • Lesson 3.1: Coercion in Crises
  • Lesson 3.2: Escalation Risks
  • Lesson 3.3: Crisis Management and Resolution
  • CHAPTER 4: CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN ASIA
  • Lesson 4.1: The Cold War vs. Contemporary Southern Asia
  • Lesson 4.2: Southern Asian Nuclear Powers
  • CHAPTER 5: CRISIS CASE STUDIES
  • Lesson 5.1: The Pulwama-Balakot Crisis and India-Pakistan Deterrence
  • Lesson 5.2: The Ladakh Crisis and India-China Deterrence
  • COURSE CONCLUSION
  • Conclusion
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
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