The Return of Great Power Rivalry
The United States of America has been the most powerful country in the world for over seventy years. The U.S. National Security Strategy declares, however, that the return of great power competition…
Specifikacia The Return of Great Power Rivalry
The United States of America has been the most powerful country in the world for over seventy years. The U.S. National Security Strategy declares, however, that the return of great power competition with Russia and China the greatest threat to U.S. national security. Further, many analysts predict that America's autocratic rivals will succeed in disrupting or displacing U.S. global leadership.In The Return of Great Power Rivalry, Matthew Kroenig argues that this conventional wisdom is misguided. Drawing on past political philosophers-such as Herodotus, Machiavelli, and Montesquieu-and cutting-edge social science research, Kroenig advances the novel argument that democracies tend to excel in great power rivalries. He contends that democracies actually have unique economic, diplomatic, and military advantages in long-run geopolitical competitions and compares these to the