A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense - Issues for Congress

Abstract

World events have led some observers, starting in late 2013, to conclude that the international security environment has undergone a shift from the familiar post-Cold War era of the past 20 to 25 years, also sometimes known as the unipolar moment (with the United States as the unipolar power), to a new and different situation that features, among other things, renewed great power competition with China and Russia and challenges by these two countries and others to elements of the U.S.-led international order that has operated since World War II.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 2016
Accession Number
AD1013823

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • Globalization
  • Hybrid Warfare
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Terrorism
  • Treaties
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Solar Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design