May 28, 2024 | Commander Daniel Post discussed his research on the concept of using “escalate to de-escalate” strategies to terminate war by threatening, for example, limited nuclear use. CDR Post’s findings strongly indicate that such strategies are theoretically unsound and likely to increase the risk of escalation in a nuclear conflict. A former Navy helicopter pilot, CDR Post is a military professor fellow in the U.S. Naval War College’s Strategy and Policy Dept. The video of the seminar is available here.