America’s Military Is Nostalgic for Great Power Competition
'Great-power politics is back' is a mantra civilian and military officials have repeated with increasing frequency over the past half-decade. The diagnosis has now been formally enshrined in the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy, a summary window) of which was published by the Pentagon in mid-January. That strategy document proclaimed that 'Interstate strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in US national security'. This means that China and Russia are now the top priority for defence planners, not ISIS, Al-Qaeda or self-directed terrorists living in the United States.
The emergence of Pentagon-sanctioned great-power politics has been accompanied by a rise in confused talk by senior civilian and military officials about geopolitical competition.… Seguir leyendo »