...The traditional American military brute-force strategy does not always meet our national needs in this new world order. Strategic Coercion offers one alternative to this brute-force approach. Simply stated, strategic coercion is the act of inducing or compelling an adversary to do something to which he is averse. It involves using force and threatening ...

...In The Politics of Coercion: Toward a Theory of Coercive Airpower for Post–Cold War Conflict, Lt Col Ellwood P. “Skip” Hinman IV confronts an issue of high interest to airmen and policy makers alike: What does coercion theory suggest about the ...

...ry of Coercive Airpower? . . . . 2 The Attributes of Post–Cold War Conflict . . .4 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 COERCION THEORY AND THE POST–COLD WAR ERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Punishment-Based Coercion: A Theory for Total War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Risk-Based Coercion: A Theory fo...

... THE ENDURING REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY FORCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AIRPOWER TO A COERCION STRATEGY . . . .27 4 ASSESSING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO A COERCION STRATEGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5 CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69...

...Thomas Jefferson posed a question, “What has been the effect of religious coercion?” His reply was, “To make half the world fools and the other half hypocrites.” Indeed, a true fool one must be to stands before this world and say, “It is our god and no other way, and all others are damned!” ...

...cal levels. Therefore, this paper proposes an analysis model based on Dr. Joseph L. Strange’s center of gravity (COG) model, Robert Pape’s concept of coercion, and effects-based operations (EBO). The model could create unity of effort in utilization of all national and international IOPs and in securing the necessary linkage among the three levels of war to affect the adve...

... on the ocean bottom, Tom soon realizes that the same shadowy group that attacked the probe is competing to find it, and no holds are barred: kidnap, coercion, and lethal force are all in play. Under such circumstances, what can Tom do? What he does every time, of course! He invents some utterly cool device to get the job done! And his Electronic Hydrolung is just the begi...

...to execute the change by ourselves in a conscious manner, and not out of coercion. 3. exchanging the regular culture for a global one needs to happ... ...es, and the formation of a single spiritual authority will not be done by coercion, but rather in accord with the awareness of the necessity of achi...

...t in the spiritual world, then one is still not ready for it, and it would be coercion to try to forcefully awaken that desire. But if one does feel... ...to discover the Upper World, then we must help such a person. There cannot be coercion in either case. Kab- balists always say that only a person who... .... That would be the truest, because any education and any external opinion is coercion.” T H E S C I E N C E O F R E A L I T Y Q: Isn’t Kabbalah anot... ...ing of my life?” Kabbalah can be studied only from an inner need, not through coercion. There are ups and downs in one’s desire for spiritual- ity. T... ...ner change. The law of the Upper World de- fines it in the words: “There is no coercion in spirituality.” Only the Creator can change our desires and... ...ocess involving the ef- fect of the Upper Light on man, not of restriction by coercion. That is precisely the difference between Kabbalah and religi... ... and spiritual values. These values change with our development, making self-coercion unnecessary. In the Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefi... ... in your life will gradually change, but it must come from within you, not by coercion. There is no coercion in spirituality, and the source of the ... ...he other world that exists around us. That is why it is said that there is no coercion in spirituality; it is only a question of will, and only the ...

...t, he did not sense any pleasure in the work. Rather his work was done by coercion. However, now that one has accustomed oneself to work in order to... ...e there is no choice and this is why they take this path. This seems like coercion, meaning that they have no other choice since presently there is ... ...ing over you,” we should understand that there is a rule that there is no coercion in spirituality, as it is written, “thou hast not called upon Me,... ...awarded “one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense.” The spoons mean coercion, that one assumes the Kingdom of Heaven coercively. This means th... ...ill give wisdom to the fools?’” And he said, “It is known that there is no coercion in spirituality.” Rather, everyone is given according to one’s ow... ...that spirituality is the source of life and pleasure. So how can there be coercion in a good thing? Hence, if we see that when we engage in Torah an... ...e Kli, and the wisdom is the Light. And this the meaning of “there is no coercion in spirituality.” Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) ... .... It follows that here he feels a state of cursing and swearing, and this coercion proves that he does not believe that he is serving the King, and ...

...bbalah in the right way, he progresses without forcing himself. There can be no coercion in spirituality. Lesson 10 The aim of study is for ... ...n without an effort on his part. The Kabbalah way absolutely rejects any form of coercion. It grants a person an inkling of spirituality, bringing hi...

... the vessel for the filling, and without it there is no pleasure. There is no coercion in spirituality and the filling is only equal to the desire. ... ...orced to study Kabbalah? A: There is a spiritual law that states, “There is no coercion in spirituality.” Any kind of coercion, or even a command, th... ...t rob someone, directly or indirectly, of one’s freedom of choice, is wrong. Coercion robs us of the most important thing the Creator gave us—free ... ...will understand our essence and draw near to Him by correcting it. Therefore, coercion is against the true nature of Creation. Q: During our studies... ...does not rely on fasting, abstention, or deprivation of any sort. There is no coercion and no punishments in this world or in the next. My teacher, a... ...tanding of the spiritual world, whereas religion relies on self-restric- tion, coercion, and settling for the limitation of desires. Q: Do other relig...

...ily exists in the emanated (for without it there would be no pleasure but coercion, and no feeling of pleasure) is absent in His Essence. This is th... ...or, he did not derive pleasure from his work. Rather his work was done by coercion. But now that one has accustomed oneself to work in order to besto... ...g the study. Either way, one cannot rid oneself of the judgment by arguing coercion, for our sages strictly state, “I have created the evil inclinati... ...annot keep at all? One can coerce and enslave oneself to anything, but no coercion or enslavement in the world will help with love. They explained t... ...ot only is he unable to keep all 613 Mitzvot, since love does not come by coercion and compulsion, but one is not complete even in the 612 Mitzvot, ... ...lity, since it depends on the understanding of the heart, and no labor or coercion will help here. 88) Hence, the oath states, “Even if the whole wor... ... saying that this Mitzva is out of our hands, since love does not come by coercion and compulsion, is not at all a question. This is because it is e... ...wisdom, which consciously develops us in this manner without any agony or coercion. And since the more developed in the generation is certainly the i... ...li for the filling, and without desire, there is no pleasure. There is no coercion in spirituality, and the filling always follows the desire. The Li...

...g? you mean torture, Begum Shalima,’ said Helen coldly, ‘Confessions extracted under this sort of coercion are often worthless. I am surprised that ...

... Which I'm still not entirely sure is legal, since you elicited it through coercion." "Agreement indicates we came to a mutually beneficial conclusion...

...iberation. Anchor, New York. 126. Vander Straten, A. et al (1998) Sexual Coercion, Physical Violence and HIV Infection among Women in Steady Re...

...s to be accommodated pretty well: others are constrained by actual violence and coercion; and the most part will at no rate admit of it. In order to...

...cidal, power-hungry elites will exercise an apartheid policy against the whole world, controlling people’s soul through their totalitarian regulation coercions....

...education must be suitable for the new souls that are appearing today, Without coercion, and with an explanation of man’s essence. Only this approach ... ...tn’t tell a child: “Do it exactly this way” or “Do it exactly that way.” it is coercion. because in the end, n o one knows what inner “load” a child i... ...e. 78 c hildren of t omorrow Each One Is Special i t is written, “there is no coercion in spirituality.” this means that each of us maintains his or ...

...the wisdom of Kabbalah, that is not based on the suppression of desires, coercion and abstaining from society, has been and remains the one true me... ...esire. That is possible only through the study of the wisdom of Kabbalah. Coercion and restriction of desires are inefficient, because the upper law... ...ecognition of the sinfulness of his nature, and he sees that without that coercion, he lives in constant pain and suffering from generation to gener... ...reator’s attributes. That person will never base his upbringing on threat, coercion and limitations, although that way enables amazing visual results...

...eed to realize what it must do in this world. By the way, that is why any coercion is strictly prohibited in education. We receive the first elemen... ... will never approach Kabbalah in the first place. That is why there is no coercion in spirituality and there is no commitment to practice it, but on... ...y himself. It is forbidden and impossible to force it on him. There is no coercion in spirituality. A person may come for two weeks, a year or two a... ...tiated himself, and now he misses other things. There is no pressure and coercion, and if a person comes to us, we usually accept him. He comes, si... ...rations. It is certainly a significant achievement. However, there is no coercion in spirituality. It is a key rule. One must choose freely. It is ... ...els that he wants. This is the entire wisdom. Because of that there is no coercion in spirituality. It is a rule that Kabbalah sticks by firmly. The... ...means of the Kabbalistic methodology. Question: You had said there is no coercion in spirituality, and that one cannot be made to take an interest...