Mahon Tribunal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahon_Tribunal
political concepts
strategic ambiguity
strategic ambiguity: Policy of deliberate ambiguity
“A policy of deliberate ambiguity (also known as a policy of strategic ambiguity, strategic uncertainty) is the practice by a country of being intentionally ambiguous on certain aspects of its foreign policy or whether it possesses certain weapons of mass destruction. It may be useful if the country has contrary foreign and domestic policy goals or if it wants to take advantage of risk aversion to abet a deterrence strategy. Such a policy can be very risky as it may cause misinterpretation of a nation’s intentions, leading to actions that contradict that nation’s wishes.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_of_deliberate_ambiguity
Flexible response
“Flexible response was a defense strategy implemented by John F. Kennedy in 1961 to address the Kennedy administration’s skepticism of Dwight Eisenhower’s New Look and its policy of Massive Retaliation. Flexible response calls for mutual deterrence at strategic, tactical, and conventional levels, giving the United States the capability to respond to aggression across the spectrum of warfare, not limited only to nuclear arms.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_response