"Today's challenges require a comprehensive strategy that spans across multiple realms, incorporating conventional forces and addressing all domains. We need a deterrence strategy that fits today’s world—a strategy that is complex, networked, dynamic, adaptable, and integrated." - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Today, the United States faces multiple adversaries that are increasingly coordinating their efforts to reshape the international order. Relatively new domains like space and cyber as well as a more complex information environment alter the context. With these developments, we must adapt our understanding and application of deterrence, or we risk strategic failure. The challenge requires a comprehensive strategy that spans across multiple realms, incorporating conventional forces and addressing all domains. We need a deterrence strategy that fits today’s world—a strategy that is complex, networked, dynamic, adaptable, and integrated. The complexity of today’s global security environment necessitates a synchronized approach where the deterring effects of both nuclear and conventional power must work in unison. This is critical as we respond to the multifaceted threats posed by state and non-state actors alike. We must deeply understand the culture and cognition of those we aim to deter. We must adapt to the increasingly complex information environment. We must keep pace, both in technology and in policy. We must collaborate closely with our interagency partners, coordinating our collective resources and intelligence into strengthening our aligned approach. And we must utilize all instruments of government, whether through the precise application of hard power, the deliberate influence of soft power, or the seamless integration of both. And by taking these steps along with our allies and partners, we forge an integrated deterrence and can ensure a future where deterrence prevails, safeguarding peace and security for all. @US_STRATCOM