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Understanding Rivalry and Its Implications for National Security Understanding Rivalry and Its Implications for National Security
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Conceptualizing and Measuring Rivalries Conceptualizing and Measuring Rivalries
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Rivalry Effects on U.S. National Security Rivalry Effects on U.S. National Security
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History and Rivalry: Bending the Arc of History toward Peace History and Rivalry: Bending the Arc of History toward Peace
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Future Directions in the Study of International Rivalries Future Directions in the Study of International Rivalries
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Coding Rivalry and Peace Coding Rivalry and Peace
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Relative Peace among States, but a Nagging Problem Worsens Relative Peace among States, but a Nagging Problem Worsens
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Rivalry and Emerging Security Challenges Rivalry and Emerging Security Challenges
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Conclusions Conclusions
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Notes Notes
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30 International Rivalry and National Security
Get accessJonathan M. DiCicco (PhD, Rutgers University) is Associate Professor of Political Science at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, where he teaches courses on national security, American foreign policy, leadership in international politics, and war. DiCicco is co-author of Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion (Lexington, 2004) and co-editor of International Relations: Introductory Readings (Kendall Hunt, 2017). His work related to rivalries and national security has been published in Political Research Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Perspectives, and Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Brandon Valeriano is the Donald Bren Chair of Armed Politics at the Marine Corps University. He also serves as a senior fellow in cyber security for the Niskanen Center. His three most recent coauthored books are Cyber War versus Cyber Realities, Russia’s Coercive Diplomacy, and Cyber Strategy. His ongoing research explores creating comprehensive cyber conflict data, external threats and video games, biological and psychological examinations of the cyber threat, and repression in cyberspace. He received a PhD from Vanderbilt University.
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Published:11 January 2018
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Abstract
International rivalries are discussed with an emphasis on their relevance to U.S. national security. Social-scientific research on these protracted, antagonistic, and often violent relationships serves as a wellspring of insight into national security challenges. A primary focus on rivalries between sovereign states is supplemented with discussion of rivalries involving nonstate actors, including armed groups associated with insurgency and terrorism. To anchor these discussions, the chapter briefly denotes definitional, conceptual, and operational aspects of rivalry research. Rivalries are linked to U.S. national security concerns through first-, second-, and third-order effects. The challenge of overcoming histories of hostility to achieve peaceful resolution of rivalries is examined. Future directions in rivalry research, including the imperative to incorporate contemporary policy concerns (such as cybersecurity and emerging technologies and techniques associated with international conflict), are discussed in a forward-looking manner that emphasizes the complementarity of scholarship and policy arenas.
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