Geopolitical Strategic Competition

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The Middle Road: Why the United States Needs a Dynamic Approach to Its Foreign Policy
The two tickets in the upcoming U.S. election offer largely contrasting stances for America's position on the international stage. However, must America's approach to its role on the international stage be one of two extremes, or can it be more nuanced?
Oct 11, 2024

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Competing with China Explained: What Americans Need to Know
The U.S.-China relationship presents a complex array of foreign policy challenges that will have to be addressed when a new administration takes charge in Washington next year. We asked three RAND experts to shed some light on the state of U.S.-China relations and competition.
Sep 13, 2024
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Nuclear Testing: A Second Coming?
Vladimir Putin's Russia is again rattling its nuclear saber. Putin has hinted that Russia might, as one option, resume nuclear testing. The United States and NATO must carefully consider their nuclear responses.
Sep 12, 2024
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Russia Explained: What Americans Need to Know
Among the many international issues confronting the candidates for U.S. president and the American electorate in this fall's election is the U.S. strategic posture with regard to Russia, its aggression against Ukraine, and the policies of its leader, Vladimir Putin. Two RAND experts explore a range of critical issues that will confront the next president.
Sep 9, 2024
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The Gulf of Thailand May Be the Next U.S.-China Flashpoint
Geopolitical tensions between China and the United States have escalated in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, raising fears of war. The Gulf of Thailand has remained relatively calm, but that may change as Beijing undertakes controversial projects that could inflame the region.
Sep 3, 2024
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Trump 2.0 Would Get Mixed Responses in the Indo-Pacific
The responses from across the Indo-Pacific to a second Trump administration would likely be mixed, with the determining factor being whether the country in question maintains a close relationship with the United States.
Aug 22, 2024
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NATO Can't Be a One-Trick Pony: The Future of NATO Crisis Prevention and Management
An enhanced commitment to crisis management for a new age of great power rivalry could better position NATO to promote stability by preventing emerging crises from becoming full-blown military conflicts.
Aug 2, 2024
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Evolving Norway's Role in the NATO Alliance
In 2020 the Norwegian Ministry of Defence asked RAND to produce a study on NATO perspectives of the options facing Norway. How does Norway's new Long-Term Plan on Defence meet the recommendations from that study?
Jul 29, 2024
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The Philippines' and Vietnam's South China Sea Strategies Have Failed
There is no silver bullet to resolving China's rising assertiveness throughout the South China Sea. But what is obvious at this point is that neither transparency as with the Philippines, nor opacity as with Vietnam, is working.
Jul 15, 2024
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Russia Is a Strategic Spoiler in the Indo-Pacific
Moscow has recently shown that it remains a formidable presence in the Indo-Pacific. But as long as Russian interference does not fundamentally challenge the United States' own Indo-Pacific strategy, then Moscow's interference is just part and parcel of the emerging multipolar order.
Jul 12, 2024
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Sustaining the Transatlantic Alliance: 75 Years of RAND Insights on NATO
For seven decades, RAND has been at the forefront of analytical efforts to rethink the issues, options, and trade-offs NATO has confronted. A new report examines seminal RAND analyses on four of NATO's strategic challenges.
Jul 2, 2024
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How to Take Advantage of NATO Enlargement in the Arctic
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine is reshaping NATO's strategy in Eastern Europe, mounting tensions are also plaguing the Arctic. NATO could help defuse the situation.
Jun 24, 2024
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NATO Space Enterprise: Throttle Up or Fall Short
NATO has made slow, steady progress on space policy for just over a decade. This summer's NATO summit in Washington presents a key opportunity to build on the alliance's nascent space policy and structure at an inflection point for NATO and space power.
Jun 4, 2024
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Strengthening Military Investments and Cooperation in Northeast Asia as Military Threats Grow
The United States currently lacks the military capability to defend South Korea, Taiwan, and other allies simultaneously. To ensure security in Northeast Asia, the United States needs to increase its military investments and enhance allied cooperation.
May 28, 2024
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How Western Nuclear Inaction Could Embolden the Kremlin
The Kremlin might be emboldened by the weak pushback from the United States and NATO against its heightened nuclear saber-rattling, increasing nuclear dangers. NATO allies might explore more effective ways to reduce these risks.
May 16, 2024
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New Zealand Becomes the Latest Country to Pivot to the U.S.
Wellington's strategic pivot is good news for Washington and its allies. But the United States should temper its expectations: New Zealand is likely to continue to preserve productive relations with China while it emphasizes the importance of stronger security ties with the United States.
Apr 26, 2024

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Wendy M. Troxel

Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

It is fair to say security relations between and among the four Quad participants are at an historic high point. This is a good sign because it suggests that the Quad is no longer a temporary, fair-weather construct like the first time around.

Derek Grossman

Senior Defense Analyst

Source: Foreign Policy

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Geopolitical Strategic Competition

The Middle Road: Why the United States Needs a Dynamic Approach to Its Foreign Policy

Competing with China Explained: What Americans Need to Know

Nuclear Testing: A Second Coming?

Russia Explained: What Americans Need to Know

The Gulf of Thailand May Be the Next U.S.-China Flashpoint

Trump 2.0 Would Get Mixed Responses in the Indo-Pacific

NATO Can't Be a One-Trick Pony: The Future of NATO Crisis Prevention and Management

Evolving Norway's Role in the NATO Alliance

The Philippines' and Vietnam's South China Sea Strategies Have Failed

Russia Is a Strategic Spoiler in the Indo-Pacific

Sustaining the Transatlantic Alliance: 75 Years of RAND Insights on NATO

How to Take Advantage of NATO Enlargement in the Arctic

NATO Space Enterprise: Throttle Up or Fall Short

Strengthening Military Investments and Cooperation in Northeast Asia as Military Threats Grow

How Western Nuclear Inaction Could Embolden the Kremlin

New Zealand Becomes the Latest Country to Pivot to the U.S.

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