Wargaming
Lost Seoul? Assessing Pyongyang’s Other Deterrent
Lost Seoul? Assessing Pyongyang’s Other Deterrent
For decades the North Korean military has fallen ever further behind its South Korean and US rivals. Unable to compete symmetrically on the battlefield, Pyongyang has enhanced its military’s ability to coerce the South. In addition to its nuclear program,…
Moral Choices Without Moral Language: 1950s Political-Military Wargaming at the RAND Corporation
Moral Choices Without Moral Language: 1950s Political-Military Wargaming at the RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation was the site of early-Cold War knowledge production. Its scientists laid the foundations of nuclear deterrence, game theoretic approaches to international politics, defense acquisition, and theories on the future of war. The popularized…