A BETTER PEACE welcomes author and analyst Ali Wyne to the studio for a conversation about the intricacies of the concept of great power competition as a policy framework....
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Many of our readers grew up during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, some may have served in the military or government during that time. Others have only...
Define "great power competition", go ahead we'll wait. It's not that you can't define it but odds are the person next to you probably has a slightly or possibly...
Once the realm of rich nations, warfare has been getting cheaper and cheaper as time has marched on. The computer age has lowered the bar when it comes to...
What does it mean to keep the peace? Well, since World War II keeping the peace internationally has been at the discretion of Western society and the free nations...
The United States Nuclear Posture Review is scheduled to be released in 2022. In part, this Review will likely set American policy with regard to China’s dramatic nuclear build-up...
Chinese leaders have struggled to develop coherent policies toward Eurasia for centuries. And the work of building a policy for the larger Central Asian region has serious implications for...
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that's true then China has been flattering the heck out of the United States for decades. But in recent...
“We’re at a pivotal point in the timeline of the Arctic, what we have to do now is be prepared to fight here and defend here.” — Lieutenant General...
Building partner capacity in Africa through security assistance (SA) and cooperation (SC) activities provides the capability to maneuver in that space. Can the U.S. Department of Defense do two...
WAR ROOM welcomes back Michael Ferguson as he continues to look at the future of irregular warfare (IW) and special operations forces (SOF) in great power competition. Ferguson ties...
Despite the situation that is unfolding in Afghanistan, the National Security community is preparing for future great power conflicts. WAR ROOM welcomes Michael Ferguson as he looks at what...
The U.S.-led rules based international order has been at the forefront of U.S. defense strategy since the end of WWII. However, the environment that enabled the growth and establishment...
Given the constraints on future U.S. defense spending, European states should expect U.S. defense spending to prioritize the threats to U.S. national interests emanating from Asia over European defense...
Most Latin American countries are resource-dependent, some excessively, meaning that their central governments rely on rents from the extraction of natural resources to finance a significant portion of their...
LOSING THE STRATEGIC “BATTLE” AGAINST THE PRC (BUT NOT THE “WAR”): PT I – EMERGING CONFLICT DOMAINS
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Despite facing innovative, global rivals, the U.S. military remains a downward-directed, personality-driven organization – one that lacks the flexibility it needs to meet current threats. The word “military” conjures...
The Quds Force, however, has been incredibly adaptive in sustaining a substantial cash flow with help of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. Despite the decapitating...
There is no “Latin America” right? It is a region made up of independent sovereign countries, some with different histories, some with different languages…based on that they’re going to...
There has never been anything like it in recorded history where a country has put…a trillion dollars aside to help in jump starting all of these infrastructure projects around...
Mongolia always will be sensitive to its location and attentive to the influence of its powerful neighbors [, Russia and China.] Mongolia, located in Northeast Asia, has felt itself...