What term describes the strategy of discouraging an adversary from taking an undesirable action, like launching a military strike, by threatening consequences?

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Explanation

Deterrence refers to the strategy of preventing an opponent from engaging in an unwanted action by threatening retaliatory measures. Fractionation means breaking something into parts, compellence is forcing an actor to take a specific action, and escalation involves increasing the intensity of a conflict.

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What term describes the strategy of discouraging an adversary from taking an undesirable action, like launching a military strike, by threatening consequences?

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