Joint Force Quarterly
The Future of Great Power Competition: Trajectories, Transitions, and Prospects for Catastrophic War
Abstract
Τhe dominant geostrategic framework of international relations today is that of a Great Power competition (GPC) among three rivalrous, globally dominant states: the United States, Russia, and China. After more than two decades of mainly cooperation and collaboration, they drifted into de facto competition at the end of the 2000s. By the middle of the 2010s, their undeclared but obvious rivalry intensified. Fully acknowledged GPC arrived in late 2017 when the United States published its National Security Strategy and declared a formal end to the 25-year era of U.S.-led globalization and active American democratization initiatives.
Recommended Citation
Thomas F. Lynch III, "The Future of Great Power Competition: Trajectories, Transitions, and Prospects for Catastrophic War," Joint Force Quarterly 114 (3rd Quarter 2024), 8-23, https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/joint-force-quarterly/vol114/iss2/4.
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