By Other Means Part II

Adapting to Compete in the Gray Zone

Kathleen Hicks, Melissa Dalton

• Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781442281288
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: National Security
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Geopolitical competition is increasingly playing out in the space beyond diplomacy and short of conventional war, sometimes referred to as the gray zone, which is forcing the United States to confront the liabilities of its strengths. This report assesses current U.S. government actions to deter, campaign through, and respond to competitors' gray zone tactics. Using the campaign planning framework established in By Other Means Part I, it also provides recommendations aimed at ameliorating U.S. liabilities and building on its asymmetries to improve U.S. national security in the presence of rivals' gray zone approaches.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Executive Summary
• 1 | Introduction
• 2 | The Information Game
• 3 | Political and Economic Coercion
• 4 | Cyber and Space Threats
• 5 | Disguised Forces
• 6 | U.S. Government Reform Priorities
• 7 | Recommendations
• Conclusion
• Appendix A – Warning for the Gray Zone
• Appendix B – Case Study: The U.S. Government in the Cold War
• Appendix C – Case Study: Israel’s Competition with Iran, 1991 – 2015
• Appendix D – Case Study: First Solar, 2006 – 2012
• About the Authors