Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security

Conceal or Reveal? Managing Clandestine Military Capabilities in Peacetime Competition

| Winter 2019/20

Summary

In long-term peacetime military competitions, states face a trade-off between signaling their secret military capabilities to gain political advantage and concealing them to protect warfighting effectiveness. States are more likely to signal when the capability in question can potentially be duplicated and when the adversary’s ability to respond with countermeasures is in doubt.

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For Academic Citation:

Brendan Rittenhouse Green and Austin Long, “Conceal or Reveal? Managing Clandestine Military Capabilities in Peacetime Competition,” International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter 2019/20), pp. 48–83, doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00367.

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