Great-Power Competition and Conflict in the 21st Century Outside the Indo-Pacific and Europe

Abstract

During the Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden administrations, the United States made countering the rise of China in the Indo-Pacific and, to a lesser extent, checking Russian revanchism in Europe core priorities of its national security strategy. Historically, however, great-power competition and conflict have taken place outside the theaters of core concern to the great powers. This report--the summary of a four volume series--explores where and how the United States, China, and Russia are competing with each other for influence in these secondary theaters (Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America); where and why competition might turn into conflict; what form that conflict might take; and what implications the findings have for the U.S. government at large, the joint force, and the Department of the Air Force in particular.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 27, 2023
Accession Number
AD1199983

Entities

People

  • Ashley L. Rhoades
  • Christian Curriden
  • Elina Treyger
  • Irina A. Chindea
  • Khrystyna Holynska
  • Kristen Gunness
  • Kurt Kein
  • Marta Kepe
  • Nathan Vest
  • Raphael S. Cohen

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Cold War
  • Combat Readiness
  • Competition
  • Data Sets
  • Delphi Method
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Great Power Competition
  • Intellectual Property
  • Latin America
  • Middle East
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies