SIMON  Luis <br/><br/>
Between punishment and denial: uncertainty, flexibility, and U.S. military strategy toward China/ 
Luis Simon 
 -  2020 
<br/><br/> The high level of uncertainty around Chinese capabilities and the evolving Sino-American regional military balance have led the United States to adopt a flexible strategy, and embrace distinct-even contradictory-operational concepts to deter Beijing: The United States itself mostly focuses primarily on deterrence by punishment, while actively encouraging and enabling its regional allies to develop deterrence by denial. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>UNITED STATES -- MILITARY STRATEGY<br/>UNITED STATES-CHINA -- RIVALRY<br/>UNITED STATES -- DEFENCE POLICY<br/>DETERRENCE