How America\'s Vulnerable frontier allies--and American power--are being targeted by rival nations From the Baltic to the South China Sea, newly assertive authoritarian states sense an opportunity to resurrect old empires or build new ones at America\'s expense.
The Unquiet Frontier demonstrates why the United States must strengthen the international order that has provided greater benefits to the world than any in history..
Grygiel and Mitchell reveal how numerous would-be great powers use an arsenal of asymmetric techniques to probe and sift American strength across several regions simultaneously, and how Rivals and Allies alike are learning from America\'s management of increasingly interlinked global crises to hone effective strategies of their own. Allies are diversifying their national-security menu cards by beefing up their militaries or even aligning With their aggressors.
To cope With these dangerous dynamics, nervous U.
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They show how Rising and revisionist powers are putting pressure on our frontier allies--countries like Poland, Israel, and Taiwan--to gauge our leaders\' commitment to upholding the U.
S.-led global order. Power in strategically critical regions throughout the world.
Jakub Grygiel and Wess Mitchell describe the aggressive methods rival nations are using to test U.
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The Unquiet Frontier explains why the United States needs a new grand strategy that uses strong frontier alliance networks to raise the costs of military aggression in the new century. decline is real, nations such as Russia, Iran, and China are testing Washington\'s resolve by targeting Vulnerable Allies at the frontiers of American power.
Hoping that U.
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How America\'s Vulnerable frontier allies--and American power--are being targeted by rival nations From the Baltic to the South China Sea, newly assertive authoritarian states sense an opportunity to resurrect old empires or build new ones at America\'s expense