La disuasión en la zona gris: una exploración teórica
Journal: Revista Española de Ciencia Política
Year: 2022

Deterrence studies have experienced four waves. The three first ones mainly focused on nuclear deterrence and the fourth one was aimed at deterring terrorism and the so-called «rogue states». However, deterrence below the threshold of war ‒that is, the conflict in the gray zone‒ has received little attention. This article proposes an exploratory theoretical framework to deter escalation within conflicts in the gray zone. First, and based on a review of both classical and recent literature some f