01222nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653002400052653001700076653002100093653001800114653001500132653001800147653002100165653002100186653002000207653000900227100001800236245007200254300000900326490000700335520062600342       2019                            d  c201910aconventional forces10acyber domain10acyber operations10aCybersecurity10aDeterrence10aEastern Flank10aforward presence10ahybrid influence10alegal framework10aNATO1 aTodor Tagarev00aTheory and Current Practice of Deterrence in International Security  a5-100 v183 a<p>The theory of deterrence emerged with the advent of nuclear weapons to address the challenges of preparing for and preventing a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The contributions to this special issue are set in a post-Cold war context, with a resurgent and aggressive Russia. The set of articles provides an outline of the theory of deterrence, the current practice of its application in deterring and, if necessary, defending by conventional forces NATO and Europe’s Eastern flank against an aggression, and critical analysis of its pertinence to cyber and hybrid warfare.</p>