Editing Mindset (section)

=={{anchor|In politics}}Politics==
A political example is the "[[Cold War]] mindset" in the [[United States|U.S.]] and the [[USSR]]. This mindset reflects how people globally perceived the levels of security between the two nations. This mindset suggested that if one nation grew in strength and power, the other was threatened and vice versa. The main goal of the Cold War Mindset was to strengthen one's own nation's military and alliances while keeping the other nation's power limited.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cold War Mentality |date=2002-12-31 |work=The Asia-Pacific Security Lexicon |pages=45–47 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/9789812307071-009 |access-date=2024-11-21 |publisher=ISEAS Publishing|doi=10.1355/9789812307071-009 |isbn=978-981-230-707-1 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Also included in this mindset is the belief in [[game theory]], in a [[chain of command]] in control of nuclear materials, and in the [[mutual assured destruction]] of both in a nuclear war.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Capie |first1=David |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1355/9789812307071-009/html |title=Cold War Mentality |last2=Evans |first2=Paul |date=2002-01-02 |publisher=ISEAS Publishing |isbn=978-981-230-707-1 |language=en |doi=10.1355/9789812307071-009}}</ref> This mindset prevented an attack by either country, but [[deterrence theory]] has made assessments of the Cold War mindset a subject of controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNaugher |first=Thomas L. |date=June 1, 1996 |title=Planning Future Defense: Time to Confront the Cold War Mindset |url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/planning-future-defense-time-to-confront-the-cold-war-mindset/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}</ref>

Modern military theory attempts to challenge entrenched mindsets in [[asymmetric warfare]], [[terrorism]], and the proliferation of [[weapons of mass destruction]]. These threats are "a revolution in military affairs", requiring rapid adaptation to new threats and circumstances.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hanlon |first=Michael E. |date=2018-09-11 |title=A retrospective on the so-called revolution in military affairs, 2000-2020 |url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-retrospective-on-the-so-called-revolution-in-military-affairs-2000-2020/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}</ref>