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The Fates of Nations: Varieties of Success and Failure for Great Powers in Long-Term Rivalries

10 Apr 2024

Rivalries, especially with China, promise to define U.S. foreign policy and national security challenges for decades. The authors identify historical modes of strategic success and failure in great power rivalries that offer lessons for the United States. They define categories of success and failure and present case studies on specific historical examples that are associated with success and failure.
china united states russia geopolitical strategic competition

Authors

Heath, Timothy R., Dale-Huang, Alexis, Fauerbach, Gregory Weider, Goddard, Stacie, Deak, John, Shifrinson, Joshua, Mazarr, Michael J.

Division
RAND National Security Research Division International Security and Defense Policy Program
Pages
158
Published in
United States
RAND Identifier
RR-A2611-2
RAND Type
report
Rights
RAND Corporation
Series
Research Reports
Source
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2611-2.html

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