Security Studies in a New Era of Maritime Competition

How do two conventionally powerful, nuclear armed, but commercially oriented great powers, reliant on sea lanes and global maritime infrastructure, engage in a long-term strategic rivalry? This book presents a research agenda using a variety of methods to explore this unique competitive environment for China and the United States.

Jonathan D. Caverley is Professor of Strategy in the Strategic and Operational Research Department of the Naval War College’s Center for Naval Warfare Studies, Newport, USA. He is the inaugural director of the Bernard Brodie Strategy Group.

Peter Dombrowski is the William B. Ruger Chair of National Security Economics in the Strategic and Operational Research Department. Previous positions include Chair of the Strategic Research Department, Editor of the Naval War College Review, Co-Editor of International Studies Quarterly, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Iowa State University. Dombrowski is the author of over 65 publications. His most recent book is The End of Grand Strategy: U.S. Maritime Operations in the 21st Century (2018).