GOV 312L Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vladimir Putin, Global Commons, Worlds Finest
Document Summary
Preserving primacy: a defense strategy for the new. Next president has to make a decision whether to continue to protect allies and interest. Ex: europe, the western pacific, and the persian gulf = 3 regions that are vital to u. s. national security. Vladimir putin seized crimea, waged proxy warfare in eastern ukraine, and threatened nato allies on russian"s periphery. Also dispatched forces to syria & strengthened nuclear arsenal. China-continue to ramp up military spending, investing heavily in weapons systems=threaten. Beijing militarized them, by building natural and artificial islands which the u. s. has failed to respond and causing allies to question willingness to meet the long-standing security commitments. Middle east-also facing lack of u. s. leadership=instability--us withdrew forces creating vacuum leading to rise of iranian influence and islamic state/isis. Administration did not learn from previous experience in iraq when it lead from behind in libya.
