Located at Camp Casey Korea, the brigade has a critical role of military deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.

Switzerland was able to remain independent through a combination of military deterrence, concessions to Germany, and good fortune as larger events during the war delayed an invasion.

Israel needs to "restore our military deterrence against terror organizations, whether Hamas or Hezbollah," the officer added, "and this goal is already achieved."

Iraq's announcement yesterday that it was withdrawing troops from the border region vindicates Mr. Clinton's strategy of quick and massive military deterrence of any Iraqi plans for renewed aggression.

Though the war reinforced Israel's military deterrence, it had a stunning effect on the population in Israel.

The government, in office only four months after an election campaign that saw Ariel Sharon collapse into a coma, decided that a strong riposte was necessary to restore Israel's military deterrence.

Only when a strategy using military deterrence, economic sanctions and aid, and nation-building is placed in action may we hope to pull the citizens of the world from the clutch of poverty.

The precedent for this type of approach was established in the cold war, when air and then satellite surveillance became the foundation of military deterrence.

The guiding principle of the United Nations reflagging plan is diplomatic deterrence, which is likely to be more effective than military deterrence furnished by a nervous superpower.

If so, "then the policy will be substantially different, because we won't be dealing with as much emphasis on military deterrence.