Is America Prepared for Great- power Competition?

Competition for High Politics in Cyberspace: Technological Conflicts Between China and the USA

“…However, nowadays, the US primacy seems to have ahead of the challenges that can take it to a level of competition similar to that of the Cold War. Blankenship and Denison (2019) question the capacity of the United States to successfully face this stage of the great-power competition against China because they perceive that the United States lacks internal and external balancing. Internal balancing is based on developing military and economic capabilities "and investing in technologies and other domestic areas that help convert the latent capabilities of the state into material strength" (Blankenship & Denison, 2019, p. 45).…”

The Trump and Putin Doctrines: Evolving Great Power Tensions Between the United States and Russia

“…It needs to send a clear message that the United States is ready and willing to respond forcefully to any forays against allies. This should include: Increasing our technological superiority over Russia’s military (Blankenship and Denison 2019 : 45) sending a clear message that we will retaliate against any Russian aggression (Gouré 2019 : 98), including the commitment to retaliate with nuclear weapons if Russia uses nuclear weapons (Binnendijk and Gompert 2019 : 120–121) strengthening conventional forces in Europe, with European support, to dissuade Putin from attempting something similar to what he did in Ukraine (Gouré 2019 : 92) eliminating national debt so we can spend more on the military while also taking care of social issues at home (Blankenship and Denison 2019 : 48–50) which requires healing the partisan gaps that currently undermine bipartisan decision making (Lamoreaux 2019 ). This latter element is unlikely to be realized in the short term because of the economic consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic, but is important to keep in mind as a future requirement.…”

“…eliminating national debt so we can spend more on the military while also taking care of social issues at home (Blankenship and Denison 2019 : 48–50) which requires healing the partisan gaps that currently undermine bipartisan decision making (Lamoreaux 2019 ). This latter element is unlikely to be realized in the short term because of the economic consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic, but is important to keep in mind as a future requirement.…”