By Other Means Part II: Adapting to Compete in the Gray Zone

Report by Lindsey R. Sheppard, Alice Hunt Friend, Megan Donahoe, Matthew Conklin, Joseph Kiernan, Melissa Dalton, Kathleen H. Hicks, and Joseph Federici

Published August 13, 2019

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Geopolitical competition is increasingly playing out in the space beyond diplomacy and short of conventional war, sometimes referred to as the gray zone. The nature of this compe­tition 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, the report 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.
 

This report is made possible by general support to CSIS.

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Defense and Security, Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, Defense Strategy and Capabilities, and Geopolitics and International Security

Lindsey R. Sheppard

Alice Hunt Friend

Megan Donahoe

Matthew Conklin

Joseph Kiernan

Melissa Dalton

Kathleen H. Hicks

Joseph Federici

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