Joint Force Quarterly
Abstract
With a credible threat gap between the United States and competitor states shrinking, strategic dialogues increasingly emphasize competition to gain relative superiority prior to armed conflict.1 To frame the term competition, Joint Doctrine Note (JDN) 1-19, Competition Continuum, states, “Rather than a world either at peace or at war, the competition continuum describes a world of enduring competition conducted through a mixture of cooperation, competition below armed conflict, and armed conflict.”2 The JDN 1-19 perspective suggests that a state’s policies and objectives vary by its temporal position in the competition continuum.
Recommended Citation
James M. Ward, "Winning in the Competition Continuum With Engineer Civic Assistance Projects," Joint Force Quarterly 114 (3rd Quarter 2024), 101-107, https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/joint-force-quarterly/vol114/iss2/17.
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