Assessing Assertions of Assertiveness
Author: Stephan De Spiegeleire
Publisher: The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Published: 2014-06-03
Total Pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9491040960
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study points to worrying trends in how far two great power contenders, Russia and China, have been willing to go to assert themselves in the international arena. It concludes that increased willingness to resort to brinkmanship has heightened the danger of a ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’-type event that could spiral into uncontrollable escalation.