Airpower and Spacepower in National Strategy

Length: 1400-1700 words.
Include a cover page and selected bibliography (if required). These items are not included in word count.
Support and develop your position with sound evidence and critical analysis.
Display critical thinking, thorough analysis, and logical argument.
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Develop an essay to address the two part question below:
Part A
Given the NSS coupled with its discussion of the strategy in a regional context, pick a regional security issue within the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and explain how one of the following IR concepts might inform and guide U.S. policy, consistent with the goals and objectives of the NSS (polarity and power transition, democratic peace, international political economy, and international law).
Part B
The INDOPACOM J-5 has established a joint planning group (JPG) tasked with taking a fresh look at the following SCENARIO and being prepared to discuss a recommended multi-domain strategy informed by the contributions of air, space, and cyber power as outlined in the TASK below.
SCENARIO: Consider a scenario where after a short period of strategic warning, a Chinese military operation is in progress to invade Taiwan. Robust diplomatic efforts continue, yet China’s invasion is ongoing. No options or resources have been taken off the table for planning purposes.
TASK: Using concepts of coercion from Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-0, "Operations and Planning," and "Strategies of Coercion: Denial, Punishment, and the Future of Air Power" by Karl Mueller, broadly describe a coercive strategy that would support a US national aim of influencing China to abandon its expansionist goals with respect to Taiwan and return to the status quo ante. Ensure you discuss contributions and considerations for air, space, and cyber power in your coercive strategy. Support and defend your recommended strategy with specific examples or illustrations.
IMPORTANT NOTES: Approximately half of your paper should be allotted to Part A and half to Part B. Your answer may include aspects of a cooperative strategy, but MUST be primarily a coercive strategy. Your response should not reference nor allude to any real-world contingency plan, strategy, or course of action. Your recommended strategy should remain at the strategic level; avoid focusing on operational or tactical details.
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REQUIRED RESOUCES:
National Security Strategy - October 2022.
The National Security Strategy (NSS) is a key strategy document signed by the President of the United States that telegraphs to many internal and external audiences a “grand strategy” for the United States. After having interim national security strategic guidance in place since March 2021, President Biden published his Administration’s National Security Strategy in October 2022:
“The 2022 National Security Strategy outlines how my Administration will seize this decisive decade to advance America’s vital interests, position the United States to outmaneuver our geopolitical competitors, tackle shared challenges, and set our world firmly on a path toward a brighter and more hopeful tomorrow.”
Read the following selection:
Letter of Introduction
Part I: The Competition For What Comes Next, pp. 6-13
Modernizing and Strengthening Our Military, pp. 20-22
Part III: Our Global Priorities pp. 23-27
Part IV: Our Strategy By Region, pp. 37-39
2022 National Defense Strategy. Read entire document (pages 1-22)
The National Defense Strategy (NDS) is nested under the NSS as a supporting strategy document articulating how the military instrument of power plans on supporting the pillars of the NSS. The 2022 NSS focuses on integrated deterrence and the PRC as our pacing challenge with the following defense priorities:
“The strategy identifies four top-level defense priorities that the Department must pursue to strengthen deterrence. First, we will defend the homeland. Second, we will deter strategic attacks against the United States, our Allies, and our partners. Third, we will deter aggression and be prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary. Fourth, to ensure our future military advantage, we will build a resilient Joint Force and defense ecosystem."
Statement of Admiral John C. Aquilino, U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Before the Senate Armed Services Committee on U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Posture, 10 March 2022. - Scan.
In addition to the assessments of the strategic environment found in the NSS and NDS that include regional competitors and threats, the USINDOPACOM commander provides a Military Assessment of the Security Challenges in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee in March 2022.
*When you place your in-text citation within the answer, please input your page number where you found the information. Example: (Hodges 2003, 176)., Hodges (2003, 176) discussed..., In a 2003 article, Hodges (176) discussed.
The instructor likes a decent amount of in- text citations within the paper. Please site your sources throughout.
OTHER RESOURCES:
https://thestrategybridge(dot)org/the-bridge/2019/9/9/towards-a-better-us-space-strategy-addressing-the-strategy-mismatch