Managing conflict defined the aim of statecraft, at least until history purportedly ended in the 1990s. The return of great-power rivalries, and the perennial challenge of disorder from peripheries ...

Many column inches have been dedicated to dissecting the “great power rivalry” currently playing out between China and the U.S. But what makes a power “great” in the realm of international relations?

What the West Misses About China’s Nuclear Build-up The study of great powers and great power rivalry has recently gained increased prominence particularly because the world today seems to be moving ...

It is said that ‘history repeats itself’ and it is also said that ‘when we forget history, geography is altered’.  While exact events do not repeat in identical form but similar conditions often ...

On Jan. 14, the Political Economy Project — a professor-led interdisciplinary project that hosts talks on economics, politics and philosophy — hosted government professor William Wohlforth for an ...

A basic premise unites most foreign policy thinking: power begets security. Because no global police force can respond in times of trouble, states must accumulate power to ensure their safety. They ...

Pundits frequently remark on the warm and friendly relationship between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. In explanation, some suggest that Putin possesses compromising material on Trump. Others point ...

The rise of China as a global power has cast a shadow over U.S. foreign policy. For nearly a decade, elected leaders from both major political parties have described China as a sinister threat to ...