Stabilizing Great-Power Rivalries

Abstract

The international system appears headed for a renewed era of intense competition among major powers. The authors sought to identify the factors that keep such rivalries stable and those that lead to conflictual outcomes. Leveraging theory and historical case studies, the authors created a framework for assessing the stability of a strategic rivalry, then applied it to the current U.S.-Russia and U.S.-China competitions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1153786

Entities

People

  • Abigail Casey
  • Ali Wyne
  • Alyssa Demus
  • Arthur Chan
  • Bryan A. Frederick
  • Christian Curriden
  • Elina Treyger
  • Eugene Han
  • Irina A. Chindea
  • John P. Godges
  • Logan Ma
  • Michael J. Mazarr
  • Samuel Charap
  • Teddy Ulin
  • Timothy R. Heath

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Case Studies
  • Christianity
  • Competition
  • Concrete
  • Crisis Management
  • Deployment
  • Discontinuities
  • Equations
  • Instability
  • International Relations
  • Knowledge Management
  • Military Capabilities
  • Treaties
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies