How deterrence is changing, explained by Defense Secretary Ash Carter
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- The world is built on deterrence, and deterrence is changing
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter, as he comes into what could be his last year overseeing the most powerful military on earth, has begun talking about something surprising: a return to great power competition. During a recent interview at the Pentagon, we asked Carter how he thought about navigating this new world, and he returned over and over to the same answer: deterrence.
But as the norms and tools of warfare are changing, how well does deterrence still work? Can this Cold War-era idea still keep the peace in a new era? Here's why this challenge has such high stakes for the world - and what Carter had to say about it.
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+Sadiq Ali yeah , every news channel that speaks in English is a propaganda channel -_-
+Demolition Man That was enjoyable
Sadiq Ali you think vox is youtube based. They're a news website. Now you should get your head out of the sand before spouting nonsense
It is the only reason you stayed subscribed to Vox?
Because you were about to unsubscribe?
I appreciate your non click bait headline for this :)
WOW, real journalism!
good job Vox
+nyyght7 A US journo site is giving the US gov. a platform to excuse it's past and present growing militarism. This is the opposite of journalism. This is fascist propaganda.
It's frightening to imagine that such intelligent and responsible people might one day have to follow the orders of Donald Trump.
Haha
+long schlong People don't realize how good he is for America
+long schlong Eggzackly!
+long schlong Other than the fact that he talks like a middle schooler, he fails to grasp concepts that have any sort of subtlety or complexity. He has build a strong brand with his name and you need more than good branding to run a country.
I'd be more concerned if they'd be taking orders from hillary.
We must also protect our precious bodily fluids!
This is the kind of high-level insight that Vox needs more of. However, I doubt this video will get anywhere near as many views as the clickbaity ones, so unfortunately that seems unlikely...
TheAlbinoskunk high level insight? never seen something more cheap than this.
An interview with Defense Secretary of the United States with visual graphics and narration is cheap? Im glad you're able to state your claims with out providing any substance.
Also, story goes that, as it wasn't already obvious, Vox is corrupted to the core by the DNC.
www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/10/17/wikileaks-clinton-campaign-saw-voxs-ezra-klein-attack-dog-hold-journalists-accountable/
Need more "high-level insight" or we can stop the troll here?
IzunaDestruction you try to convince me that Vox is a biased news organisation with ties to the Clinton campaign.... and you do this by linking me to a Breitbart article? lmao
TheAlbinoskunk It was just at the top of the list (a long list) on Google. I didn't link you Russia Today to avoid any doubt, even if they are realiable.
Search on your own then. On other sites or directly on Wikileaks or go on Vox twitter page and tell me if you don'f feel like it's heavily biased.
I love military videos from Vox
deterrence: from deter; not from terror.
+rainman deTERRence and TERRor. That's basically halfway to it. :)
he meant they have the same latin origin
thats what i was thinking
+rainman Always with the deatails (details schmetails)
+rainman And deter and terror are from the same latin origin "terrere"
for those of yal who don't know, ash carter was a harvard nuclear physicist before become sec def, dudes smart af
+pizaz1001 dam i didnt know that
Super informational and really important to know about. Thank you for making this.
Good reporting Vox, thanks.
Please answer Vox!! How DO YOU DO THESE GRAPHIC ANIMATIONS?
+Jesse Levine We use a program called "Adobe After Effects" and a lot of learning about animation on the internet. Good luck! -Johnny
Thanks so much for responding to my comment. I've started the Lynda course about After Effects and now I'm motivated to finish it. Does it become easier to be efficient in the program because it seems like Vox level production would take weeks at the least...
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+Jesse Levine
i was taken aback by the effects also; good question
***** Well put, I'm convinced
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-Johnny
This is fantastic, thank you everyone at vox
I'm sure deterrence goes some way to explaining the relative global peace since the great wars (relative being the key word here), but I think it is also important to consider how globalisation reduces the likelihood of wars (Who wants to bomb their trade partners right?). Maintaining a huge nuclear arsenal will become increasingly questionable as nations become more interdependent.
Great video, vox, keep up the good work
Finally a good video out of vox. Good relevant information on current events.
Damn, calling out RT for being propaganda. That's what I like to see.
+Colin G and why we can't we call this video a propaganda or Fox News remind me again?
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Because neither Vox nor Fox are directly funded by the state. Vox and Fox have their own perspective on the issues, but they are private companies, not state-controlled media sources.
+Colin G Not all propaganda is bad. RT is still better than Fox News or this Vox shit
+Colin G If you genuinely believe that by Vox and Fox not being funded directly they are somehow magically not subject to Propaganda and extremely pro-US bias then I honestly feel bad for you.
RT is as much of a propaganda machine to Russia as CNN is to Americans.
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Read: I prefer RT's bias to Fox and Vox's bias.
The brief history of America and Cuba, and this one has brought back to the videos I subscribed for not just the topic but the way they present it. Good work Vox
I'm happy to see that Vox is now doing the job, that good old Vice used to be so good at!
I like these longer, more in depth videos!! Keep them coming please.
Damn I just realized that VOX has over 700,000 subscribers I was here when they head 200 subscribers Time flies fast
First of all a great contribution. Secondly its very interesting for me, as an European, to see that the USA still wieves itself as kind of ''worldpolice'' - How do you see Americas role in the world in terms of military/diplomacy?
This is an excellent piece of journalism: demonstrating patently, why it is citizen journalists, never really were in the game.
Fantastic videos from your channel, so glad i found it.
What are the similarities between siblings and world superpowers?
They both play a game of 'I'm not touching you', but if one does touch the other, then a massive fight breaks out. And neither wins.
+cortster12 True; and lots of crying, too.
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solid reporting vox
Amazing videos Vox you are among the few like vsauce etc which are great in content and value
amazing video like always.
can't stop this video from reminding me of metal gear solid peace walker
Love the video! In the description their is a typo: "The world is *build* on deterrence" keep up the great woke
*work.
+Coby Resnick there*
+Expired Goatmeal LMAO
Did someone get Plexus for their birthday? Vox's Motion Graphics are usually spot-on.
Really interesting video
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
this deserves 10x as many views at least
"What is the virtue of a proportional response?"-President Bartlet
So basically were trying to turn from Cold War deterrence tactics to an organised slapfighting military policy. I like it.
Excellent video, one of the reasons I'm a new Vox devotee. Any chance that the interviewer's mike can be muted/cut out during mixing during these exchanges? Hearing the internittant mmm mmmhmmm mmm mmm mmmmmmhmmmmm in the background is very distracting.
Hey US , remember Stuxnet ? The use of which could be considered an act of war.
Officially part of the beltway!
Vox is the future
Well "deterrent" is about terror... I mean, "terror" is right in the word "deterrent".
Wise words.
Terrible beard line on the interviewer
Uuuuuuuuh, aaaaaaaah, uuuuuuuum, so Ash Carter IS capable of speaking a clear sentence. Increíble!
0:57 I didn't realize that a fun fact about de"terror"ance is that we've all been spelling it wrong for years!
awsome!
This reminds me of the "Yes, Minister" sitcom episode on nuclear deterrence. It doesn't work. The amount of money that is wasted on nuclear weapons can be used to invest in conventional forces, which would be far more useful in terms of their practicality, number of jobs created, and flexibility.
In the end it's every man for himself. Every other country is striving to make sure the scenarios can turn out to favour their homeland as well, just like what Americans are thinking.
Anyone notice how the US is ALWAYS the defender. like it is literally impossible for them to be described as an aggressor. Nobody else find that weird?
+Try Twice Like mice Its not weird because the CIA has successfully brainwashed the population in to believing that everything the west does is harmless.
But the fact is that the US started the war in korea, the US started the war in vietnam, the US invaded iraq; the first time there was no need for it and neither was the second time. The US bombed serbia for no reason.
The US has meddled in ukraine.
No American will dare look at their own government critically because it will mean that they will be forced to realize their life is a lie.
Dont look to oliver stone for answers, oliver stone is a film maker first and foremost, and an American film maker at that so he is not only looking out for his own hide but his bottom line.
I knew they well ahead of time as they hire comp sci students at my school often
Jocko Willink should do the narration for these types of videos.
Question every decision the govt makes, our duty as citizens is not to praise our leaders but to hold them accountable for every decision. Because in the end it is us that pay for it and few that die because of them.
Vox your description of this video says 'build' instead of 'built', just sayin' ...
what is background music? I have heard it before.
Wish my sister would have known these rules before she split my scalp open with a tv remote after I threw a pair of light headphones at her xD
VOX is the Buzzfeed of smart people
+Goi Tuy
While buzzfeed are dumb people?
Would have like a bit more elaboration on the cyber aspect of deterrence. If Chinese state-funded hackers were to gain personal information on United States' citizens, what does the US do in response? How can it pre-preemptively counter this threat?
At the moment there is no US doctrine on how to respond, if you look up Atlantic Council on youtube some of their videos on cyber security might be able to elaborate
ah yes "in cyber"
my favorite terms from these computer times
Ash makes it sound the US is not fallable and has the moral high ground on the international stage. This is far from the truth. The US needs to understand that the world is shifting towards a multipolar world and that its acts of overt (Iraq,etc.) or covert (Ukraine,etc.) aggression will not be a constructive way to defend its national interests. Lets negotiate, exchange and trade!
I am strongly against nuclear weapons, but I suppose Carter does have a point when he says there is no better alternative at least an effective one. However,this makes me wonder if eventually deterrence techniques could simply just replace nukes for something with greater destructive force, putting us back at an arms race with potential enemies, or perhaps invent ways of an equivalent retaliation in the emerging fields of war like cyberspace. Its almost a "jenga" situation, if you will humor me, as the US could possible have the whole idea of deterrence topple over on them if they simply just continue to add on top of it. In essence I believe that deterrence is critically flawed in this aspect of a constant challenge of maintaining adequate strength to keep the "status quo" as mentioned in the video, and that eventually the "free world" will have to one day find a safer strategy in defending its borders.
you guys are on fire. I like the interview
"'Deterrence,' there is the word 'terror' in it."
How does that work exactly? lol
de TERR ence TERRor
+EgoLTR From the Latin dē-terrēre, to frighten.
Yes I know, I have had 6 years of Latin tyvm. The word terror is still not in deterrence, regardless of its roots.
In respond in "space" or in "cyber"? Has someone explained to Carter what the internet is?
Am I alone in becoming enlightened by this addition of Vox videos of the role of a nation, party, or entity regarding the institution of warfare? Maybe it's their failure to address this thought that elicited my anger and discontent for this harsh reality. Maybe this is the most successful video I've come across since 'Charlie bit my finger'.
Ash, hmu. I'm working on a doomsday a machine called "tumblr".
The points made in the video are good so I give it a like. Its a shame however that Carter is the one featured in this video. Architect of the suffering currently going on in many of the middle eastern countries. No different then Rumsfeld.
+HomeSkillenSLICE As if the mainstream media like the Clinton News Network and other shitty american media doesnt have its own fucking motives. Shitty point in the video
lmfao, "not eagered to use the military" yea tell that to the syrians dumbfuck
The fact that IR figureheads always come off as stern high school principles never ceases to amuse me
So tell me, what is the virtue of a proportional response?
Please answer. Norway and Iceland are not in the EU but NATO and in blue. Yet Ireland is in the EU but not NATO and is in blue.
"american Interests" = taking stuff from your country.
Ash's hair is on fleek.
Keeping USSR and later Russia at bay is all fancy and cool, but force China to listen to US status quo where China has not so many benefits? That's just impossible. Period.
"It has the word terror inside it right?"
Deterrorance or deterrence?
+Ipwnnoobs7 From the Latin dē-terrēre, to frighten.
People go on and on about the perils or nuclear weapons. But think about this, ever since nuclear weapons were invented, the world has not fought a major war. It hasn't done this horrible thing it has been doing for thousands of years before on a ridiculously regular basis. This is the longest period of peace time without major wars since the dawn of mankind.
The world has fought no major wars yet....
+Darwin42 And yet you go on and on about them?
Rusty about what? major wars?
+Darwin42 No the perils of Nuclear Weapons.
+Darwin42 Once you learn something, you can't unlearn it. Ok let's put down all our nuclear weapons yay! Well, how are you going to make N Korea put theirs down? Get your head out of your ass and sniff around, maybe you'll notice the world is shitty and not the meadow of roses you picture. Childish thoughts like yours should not enter positions of power.
Why quality video like this has so little like
We must build antimatter bombs that can be released from the stratosphere.
how about we stop killing our home.
+Articulate Pineapple Yes, bombs made from things we can't contain for more than 10 minutes, then put those in the stratosphere.
That would be astronomically expensive.
Сука Блять It wasn't meant to be serious. Good lord.
What if we're the only intelligent life that we will ever encounter? How fucked up will that be, if we end up being the pinnacle
+WeeWeeJumbo Just give it a few hundred million years, and as long as we survived that long to spread to millions or billions of star systems, then we would no doubt evolve into millions, most likely many, many, more, of new species. In short, we will be the reason a 'Star Wars' level of diversity exists in the galaxy.
Or give it a few billion years, and maybe the gut bacteria from some space tourist eventually gives rise to an entirely new ecosystem of life. And maybe even intelligent life. That would be the closest thing to an alien, besides real aliens, to exist.
Wouldn't this be an interesting universe? Where every mammal, reptile, bird, bug, microbe, ect, have the chance to one day evolve into something with intelligence? They would look nothing like their ancestors, but among billions of star systems the odds go from unlikely to almost impossible not to happen.
We don't need to encounter intelligent life for it exist though. It's mathematically certain that other intelligent life exists
Liam Prendergast Wrong. We only have one example of life, and we don't even know the exact process of abiogenesis of this very specific kind to arise. So estimates are all over the place.
It's very plausible simple life exists somewhere else, but it's far from certain. Heck, that's not even taking into account multi-cellular life. There are literally zero ways to know if multi-cellular life was inevitable or not. From looking at our planet, it seemed to have taken billions of years for even one single cell to become multi-cellular.
And then you have sapient life, which is a whole other ballgame. So no, it is not even close to a mathematical certainty. Simple life, yes, but intelligent life? No.
*I was going to make a sex joke, butt fuck it.*
10:10 ... Really like in Iraq and Libya? What a tool.
So basically it's like me and my ex texting each other?
Alpha Centauri intro music?
This has helped shaped my view of Carter, defense Secretary. Oh wait, it's Vox, which is more pro-Hillary than pro-Sanders
How can VoX be legitimate & Stand against RT? Smfh American exceptionalism
But it doesn't have terror in it....
Last time I was this early I was _______ (Fill in the blank)
+WoodCoal a lot younger...
+WoodCoal in trouble with my gf...
Slightly awkward because nobody else was at the party yet.
How did nuclear weapons prevent 9 11? Do deterrents work?
I wouldn't rely on ash to explain anything to me.
Very interest. Now, to compare with Trump. Trump has said he doesn't want people to know what he's thinking. That means increasing uncertainty for the adversary. This can either act as a higher deterrence, or lower it by providing the opportunity for under-estimation. Further, lack of military-military communication provides the opportunity for a misunderstanding or disagreement on "proportionality". This means higher chance of escalation, in any retaliation (think Syria cruise-missile strike).
These are very different styles, and each have their pros and cons. Akin to gambling, I would say Trump's is more volatile but can have bigger payoffs, while Obama's is more stable but misses opportunities to project/increase American power.
In fact, the Strategic Patience of Obama assumed that the US already had enough power (relative to others) and thus could afford such transparency, patience. Trump obviously feels this strategy lost the US power in which he intends to regain.
0:46, is that the M249 XD csgo anyone?
Eurocentrism to the peak in the video.
Cold war isn't cold in Asia.
Hybrid war was invented by US when it started using non-state actors and state actors in Pakistan for enabling its geopolitical goals. Pak's ISI is perfect fit for that Hybrid war theory that you put up. And that was in 1980s itself
Since when does North Korea have 8 nuclear weapons?
Their current is crudes
Deterrence is all about clear communication. In case of cyberattack, we will respond! That needs to be perfectly clear. I have no idea what, where or how severe the response will be, but exist it will! Have no doubt, if you attack american interests, America will do something somewhere to someone at some point in time. Clear communication is critical.
The experts on false flags attacks are talking....
nuclear paradox. you get more nuclear weapons so the world will be more peaceful.
Any mention on how Ash Carter used his private email server to conduct government business? Shouldn't that be important when discussing the potential for cyber attacks?
Go to Faux News they will tell you all about it
+JWJ did you meant "Fox News" by writing "Foux News"?
JWJ
they haven't really covered it. None of the media has. CBS did a report on it back in December. Fox news only talks about the Hillary emails.
If they cyber attack us, we should try and attempt economic damages like trade tarifs etc.
and then China calls our debt. what next?
***** You never have debt if your military is strong enough, i'm not saying we're going to war though.
your cameras in the interview are placed strangely...
+Yakhashe agreed amateur as fuck
+FrequencyOfThought but that's what's good about Vox. They are basically amateur - so no bias