The Revenge of the Melians

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CONTENTSForewordIntroductionWhat is Asymmetric Warfare?Defining Asymmetry -- Characteristics: Disparity of Interest -- Targeting the Will of the Opponent -- Attaining Strategic Effect on All Levels of War -- The Importance of Effectiveness -- The Threat-Response Dynamic -- A Final Example: The Gulf Tanker War -- ConclusionsA Typology of Asymmetry: What, Who, and When?The What: The Range of Potential Asymmetric Threats -- The Who: Regional, Rogue, and Nonstate Actors -- The When: Likelihood During Phases of a Crisis --ConclusionsLooking in the Mirror: Where Are Our Asymmetric Vulnerabilities?Measuring Conventional Military Superiority --Examining the Homeland --Quantifying the Homeland: What Are the Targets? --Examining Potential VulnerabilitiesCategorizing the ThreatsWhat Are the Ten Asymmetric Threats? --ConclusionsAn Option of Difficulties --Countering Asymmetric ThreatsCurrent Initiatives: The State of Play Today -- Summarizing Current Initiatives -- Doing Better: Beginning with Three Ideas -- Policy Recommendations -- An Option of Difficulties?Conclusions: The Uneasy AtheniansEndnotes