SUMMARY

In this essay, Paul Bracken argues “that in a nuclear world we should be careful about attacking enemy communications because doing so leads to greater risks of uncontrolled escalation. The worst possible situation is the one the United States is now in, that is, to not be clear in our own minds about what we are doing when it comes to disrupting communications.”

This paper is accompanied by a Fourth Leg podcast: Targeting Communications and Escalation.