An ongoing Great Power tit-for-tat in which U.S./NATO and Russian warships and planes approach each other’s territories in the Arctic, suggests a sense of growing instability in the region. This uptick in military activities risks the development of a security dilemma: one state or group of states increasing their security presence or capabilities creates insecurity in other states, prompting them to respond similarly. The most recent example is a recent U.S.-Norwegian joint patrol on Russi...| Responsible Statecraft
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Beijing this week and the military parade that accompanied it have triggered an outpouring of global commentary. Many analysts, especially those critical of the West or writing from the Middle East, have portrayed the parade as proof that China is on its way to replacing the United States as the next superpower. In this reading, the decline of American primacy will give birth to a Chinese century. Yet this interpretation is both misleading...| Responsible Statecraft
The U.S.-China AI rivalry raises urgent questions for global stability, intensifying fragmentation, chip chokepoints and global AI governance. The post Dueling Strategies for Global AI Leadership? What the U.S. and China Action Plans Reveal appeared first on Just Security.| Just Security
It’s time once again to feature some of the smart conversations that occur around the country through the Eisenhower Series College Program. For over 50 years, the Eisenhower Program has reached out to colleges and town halls across the nation to introduce War College students to audiences that are often unfamiliar with members of the U.S. military. This episode features Ajai Dabas, Wade Smith and Matthew Taylor discussing great power competition. They join podcast editor Ron Granieri to di...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Sarang Shidore, director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss whether a return to great power spheres of influence is practical in the twenty-first century.| Council on Foreign Relations