Attribution has historically not changed the attacker's behavior (especially in the case of the PRC) and there are likely other higher priorities in the bilateral relationships.

Capacity constraints are real, but unlikely to be the proximate limiting factor given the volume of activity.

The authors identify three factors:
1. Unclear Returns
2. Lack of Capacity
3. Strategic Culture

Those all contribute, but I lean towards the first one being the most important.

The romantic fables of peoplehood, of real “men with chests” (Fukuyama 2018) who make national histories… once you treat debates about liberalism in the Global South as reflecting the same common impulses that motivates illiberal politics everywhere else, you begin to see our common humanity

/end

Cinnamon Toast Crunch with Strawberry. Doesn't seem like it would add much, but who knows.