Zachary Burdette

Managing Escalation

Lessons and Challenges from Three Historical Crises Between Nuclear-Armed Powers

The return of great-power competition has highlighted the risks of conflict with nuclear-armed great powers. Such a conflict would entail escalation r...

Do Alliances and Partnerships Entangle the United States in Conflict?

In this report, RAND researchers assess the evidence for claims that U.S. security relationships cause the United States to adopt its partners' intere...

The Limits of Restraint

The Military Implications of a Restrained U.S. Grand Strategy in the Asia-Pacific

RAND researchers propose possible warfighting scenarios in the Asia-Pacific region that could guide defense planning if the United States adopted a gr...