THP "red lines" over "strategic ambiguity" in foreign policy

THP "red lines" over "strategic ambiguity" in foreign policy

Date set
Oct. 6, 2023
Tournament
Harvard
Topics
IR
Background slide

Red lines are a form of foreign policy in which countries announce which actions by their adversaries they'll retaliate against and how they’ll retaliate. Strategic ambiguity is a foreign policy doctrine under which countries try to deter adversaries while being intentionally vague about the course of future action.