American View of the Strategic Competition and the Role of Military Power
https://doi.org/10.48137/2074-2975_2024_2_27
Abstract
In the context of international relations transition from the unipolar to multipolar world a new period is coming that is described from the U.S. leadership’s standpoint as the strategic competition with such major powers as Russia and China. The American military power plays a special role here. The article focuses on the essence and peculiarities of the U.S. conceptual vision of the competition and the role of the U.S. armed forces. Along with that the article describes the spectrum of the American military power application to reach global goals.
About the Author
О. Ivanov
Diplomatic Academy Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
IVANOV Oleg P. – Ph. D in Political Science
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Ivanov О. American View of the Strategic Competition and the Role of Military Power. Обозреватель–Observer. 2024;(2):27-36. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/2074-2975_2024_2_27
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