Great Power Rivalry In Foreign Policy | Simulation

Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass discusses the issue of great power rivalry for “Dispute in the East China Sea” and other CFR Simulation case studies. A great power, says Haass, is a country that possesses a critical mass of capacity in economic, military, and other terms. The most important of these is economic power, which forms the basis for military power. Throughout history there have been a number of great powers, and relationships between them have ranged from cooperative to conflict-ridden. Today, says Haass, the United States is the only great power in a world of many medium-sized powers, a situation unique in world history. While this lack of rivalry complicates the identification and assessment of threats, Haass adds that “the weight of this balance in great power relations turns out to be more cooperative than combative” as no country would benefit from rivaling the United States.

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