"Deterrence in the Pacific: Rethinking Geography and" Topic

…Building Resilience

"Strategic competition in the Pacific has forced a reevaluation of traditional models of power projection. This paper argues that the principal obstacle to effective deterrence is not geography itself, but the cognitive architecture through which military planners interpret it. Conventional map orientations and longstanding assumptions about force projection encourage viewing the Pacific as a vast barrier separating the US from its allies. By conceptualizing the region as a distributed network of allied capabilities, the Joint Force—and the US Army in particular—can transition from vulnerable linear operations to resilient, multi-domain architectures. Recent conflicts have demonstrated that survivability depends less on concentrating combat power than on dispersing it across interoperable networks. In a contested maritime theater facing advanced pacing threats, distributed sustainment, coalition integration, and operational resilience become not merely supporting functions but central instruments of deterrence…"

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