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The Arctic is an emerging region of great significance to US-China- Russia great power competition. This is due to the concentration of natural resources in the Arctic, as well as its future use as a transportation corridor between the Pacific and Atlantic. Russia's dominant position in the Arctic complicates the US-China dyad. While most high-level US security strategies and discourse identify the return of great power competition as the dominant current security paradigm, China and Russia are generally treated in isolation from each other. However, when it comes to the Arctic, China-Russia cooperation is a crucial factor to consider when formulating US strategy. This article places Chinese ambitions in the Arctic in the context of Chinese grand strategy and assesses the basis of, and prospects for, Chinese-Russian Arctic cooperation. It also advances a three-track framework for understanding Chinese-Russian cooperation in the Arctic--economic, military, and political--in which issues of control and trust are contested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Competition with China has become the main lens through which the United States looks at the world. How will this affect US strategy in Europe? First, Washington's increased focus on China leaves fewer US resources available to influence security developments in and around Europe. This compels US policy makers to seek ways to preserve a favorable regional balance in Europe that require less of the United States. Second, Sino-American competition is leading Washington to view its transatlantic relationships in terms of how they affect its position relative to China. As the Euro-Atlantic area becomes less central to US grand strategy, global--and particularly China-focused--considerations will play an increasingly important role in the context of the transatlantic relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AI-augmented conventional capabilities might affect strategic stability between great military powers. The nuanced, multifaceted possible intersections of this emerging technology with a range of advanced conventional weapons can compromise nuclear capabilities, thus amplifying the potentially destabilizing effects of these weapons. This article argues that a new generation of artificial intelligence-enhanced conventional capabilities will exacerbate the risk of inadvertent escalation caused by the commingling of nuclear and nonnuclear weapons. The increasing speed of warfare will also undermine strategic stability and increase the risk of nuclear confrontation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technologies for creating and distributing knowledge have impacted international politics and conflict for centuries, and today the infrastructure for communicating knowledge has expanded. These technologies, along with attempts to exploit their vulnerabilities, will shape twenty-first-century great power competition between the US and China. Likewise, great power competition will shape the way China develops and uses these technologies across the whole spectrum of competition to make decisions, disrupt the operational environment, and destroy adversary capabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China's ongoing military modernization efforts aimed at countering US intervention in a range of scenarios, particularly involving Taiwan or disputes in the South China Sea, have prompted the US national security community to debate the proper military response. Unfortunately, many aspects of the debate remain unresolved. Enduring analytical gaps include an inability to determine which military strategy will best deter Chinese adventurism, an incapacity to evaluate theater- level combat outcomes, little understanding of security dilemmas or competitive strategies, and difficulty in comparing costs across strategies. However, there has been some analytical progress on the risks of nuclear escalation during a US-China conflict. If analysts writing on US military strategy toward China want to improve the public debate, these analytical gaps must be filled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China is modernizing its military to establish regional hegemony in the near term and global preeminence in the far term. The People's Liberation Army's crown jewel is its massive arsenal of missiles capable of ranging the US homeland and critical US bases that underpin US military power projection. To meet this challenge, it is imperative that the United States adapt its missile defense policy and strategy and leverage new technology to increase the capability of US missile defenses, and it must do so with a sense of urgency and purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on issues concerning China's continuing economic growth, highlighting the impact of the country's rising economy on the U.S. and the rest of the world. It provides an overview of China's economic reforms as well as the country's economic indicators including gross domestic product, inflation, and exports. Predictions that China will surpass the U.S. in the coming years are mentioned.

The author discusses the article "New Frontiers, Old Realities" by Everett Dolman, published in the spring 2012 issue. He states that the said article forecasts the coming war of China with the U.S. The author believes that the U.S.-China relations will result to an intense competition whether for control of outer space or otherwise.

The article discusses the impact of cold relations between the U.S. and China Both these countries have been fighting to gain control of the lucrative Persian Gulf region which has brought international security to a threat. This has also led to political instability in the region with the regional powers such as Saudi Arabia using hedging policies to get short term gains. The author suggests better relations between the U.S. and China the region to prosper.

The article focuses on the association of domestic political systems of the U.S. and China and their strategies for placing themselves in the world order. It examines the approach of the U.S. and China for the implementation of their programs of international order. It highlights the Chinese coexistence and U.S. integrationist programs of international order which give rise to international system marked by a proliferation of ad hoc collaboration and partnership.

The article discusses the impact of the rise of China as an economic and military player on the U.S. and other countries with Beijing's multilateral goal in gaining leadership in East Asia. It notes that the move prompted the U.S. to not only pay greater attention to promoting regional cooperation, but also actively engage and contribute to building a cooperative mechanism in the region. The profound impact of China's multilateralism on neighboring states is also tackled.

The article discusses the possibility of a subnational conflict between the U.S. and China as the latter is uniquely positioned to translate rapidly expanding economy into sufficient military resources to achieve regional hegemony. It notes the need for China to focus on obtaining strategic resources abroad to meet the needs of its growing population and burgeoning economy. It also mentions the preparation of the foreign internal defense operations in the U.S. to overcome competition with China.