How does the offense-defense balance scale?

The Offense/defense Balance in Cyberspace

As governments become increasingly involved in cyberspace for military purposes, they tend to consider the cyber domain as critical part of their security strategies. This growing reliance on cyber assets calls for deeper investigation on the features of cyberspace as well as their impact on state rivalry. The paper draws from the insights of Offence/Defense Balance (ODB) theory to discuss whet...

What is the offense - defense balance and can we measure it ? ( Offense ,

Offense-defense theory offers an optimistic view of international politics based on the argument that war can be prevented if defense gains an advantage over offense. It also argues that an effective arms control can reduce the risk of arms races and war. The theory has been useful in foreign policy analysis and in international relations scholarship since it is used to explain theoretical and ...

Grasping the Technological Peace: The Offense-Defense Balance and International Security

Offense-defense theory argues that international conict and war are more likely when offensive military operations have the advantage over defensive operations, whereas cooperation and peace are more likely when defense has the advantage. According to the theory, the relative ease of attack and defense—the offensedefense balance—is determined primarily by the prevailing state of technology at ...

The best defense is a good offense.

Mission Impossible: Measuring the Offense-Defense Balance with Military Net Assessment

Charles Glaser’s Rational Theory of International Politics argues that state security competition is not an inevitable consequence of international anarchy.1 To be sure, sometimes the attempt by one state to increase its security has the unintended and unavoidable effect of decreasing the security of others—triggering a spiral of arms racing and diplomatic hostility that results in war. At othe...