The Decline of US Power and the Future of Conflict Management after Covid
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Stergios Skaperdas
Abstract
The US’s ability to project power in Eurasia has been declining for some time. With the pandemic accelerating that decline, reviving international institutions of conflict management becomes urgent. Enhancing the UN and other atrophied international organizations, and negotiating treaties on nuclear arms issues, cyber warfare, space warfare, and new weapons are measures that have become necessary for minimizing the chance of nuclear catastrophe as well as reducing the likelihood of other wars.
Acknowledgments
I am grateful to Raul Caruso and Bill Wohlforth for helpful comments.
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- Editorial
- Introduction to the special issue ‘Reflections on the post COVID-19 World’
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- Bioeconomic Peace Research and Policy
- COVID-19 and Collective Action
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- Pandemic Police States
- Guidelines for Revitalizing International Organizations for the Post-Covid-19 Era
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- COVID-19 and the Potential Consequences for Social Stability
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Articles in the same Issue
- Editorial
- Introduction to the special issue ‘Reflections on the post COVID-19 World’
- Research Articles
- Bioeconomic Peace Research and Policy
- COVID-19 and Collective Action
- Capitalism and COVID-19: Crisis at the Crossroads
- COVID-19, Security Threats and Public Opinions
- Pandemic Police States
- Guidelines for Revitalizing International Organizations for the Post-Covid-19 Era
- Peacekeeping after Covid-19
- COVID-19 as a Potential Accelerator. A Euro-Centric Perspective
- The Decline of US Power and the Future of Conflict Management after Covid
- Will COVID-19 Cause a War? Understanding the Case of the U.S. and China
- Rethinking U.S. National Security after Covid19
- COVID-19 and Conflict: Major Risks and Policy Responses
- A Pandemic of Violence? The Impact of COVID-19 on Conflict
- COVID-19 and the Potential Consequences for Social Stability
- The other virus: Covid-19 and violence against civilians
- COVID-19 in Africa: Turning a Health Crisis into a Human Security Threat?
- Economics and the Covid Pandemic in the UK
- Conflict in the Time of (Post-) Corona: Some Assessments from Behavioral Economics
- The Data Science of COVID-19 Spread: Some Troubling Current and Future Trends
