great power competition

As great power competition rises to the fore – and counterterrorism operations recede into the background – U.S. special forces will have to adapt.

The rhetoric of great power competition threatens to devour every other aspect of U.S. foreign policy.

Insights from Zachary Shore.

China, Russia, and the U.S. are all using vaccines as diplomatic tools, giving a political dimension to other countries’ medical choices.

It’s not that simple. Any effort to characterize China as an existential threat implies a level of conflict that will provide justification for U.S. intervention anywhere in the world. 

Insights from Kevin Sheives.

It is imperative the U.S. military learns from wargame losses.

In a new book, a professor at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. explores how great power competition is driving greater naval reach of Eurasian powers.

Michele Flournoy, former Obama Pentagon appointee, on cost savings and competing with China.

Esper’s visit to Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco demonstrates the importance of the region in great-power games.

The Trump administration’s strategy for the Indo-Pacific could end up working in unpredictable ways for the U.S.

India has attempted to enter the Arctic’s contested geopolitical environment despite constraints arising from geographical distance and limited material power.