“What Now? Updating Great Power Competition After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine”
Hosted by the AWC Fellows at the Clements Center for National Security
On Friday, February 17, 2023 the America in the World Consortium convened Ph.D. students, early scholars, and early policy practitioners for a one-day conference on great power competition in an ever-changing security landscape.
Competition with China will remain the animating factor of U.S. strategy in the years ahead. Heightened tensions surrounding Taiwan crystalize the magnitude of this challenge. The Russian invasion of Ukraine occurred in the shadow of a growing Sino-Russian partnership, complicating further the evolving international environment.
Against this backdrop, the conference organizers, Ayumi Teraoka and Kyle Balzer, selected papers published by scholars addressing three broad areas shaping the curators of great power competition:
- Security: Defending the First and Second Island Chains, Conventional and Nuclear Deterrence, Escalation Management
- New Domains: Cyber, Space, AI, Information Warfare, and Economic Statecraft & Security
- International Order: Europe, the Global South (i.e., Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands), and Human Rights
This interdisciplinary conference examined the myriad issues surrounding great power competition. Each panel assessed the current state of great power rivalry, illuminated the direction it is likely headed, and grappled with the implications for U.S. policy.
Distinguished Speakers
- General Vincent K. Brooks, Distinguished National Security Fellow, the Clements Center for National Security
- Mr. Dan Blumenthal, Senior Fellow and Director of Asian Studies, American Enterprise Institute
- Professor J. Paul Pope, Senior Fellow, Intelligence Studies Project, the University of Texas at Austin
Panel One: Security and Intelligence
Panel Two: Interdependence – Historical Lessons
Panel Three: Allies and Partners
