The Race With No Finish Line Assessing The Strategy Of Regional Great Power Competition Martin Skold by Martin Skold 9798985340402, 8985340409 instant download after payment.

The Race with No Finish Line offers a framework for understanding the strategies of states engaged in competition for regional hegemony. Drawing on a variety of strategic literature, this book synthesizes a theoretical approach to analyzing the strategies of these states. Martin Skold argues for an essentially asymmetric understanding of fundamental policy goals for states engaged in competition for control of a region of the globe, with one state attempting to maintain a dominant position and another attempting, by focusing limited resources, to supplant it. This competition is understood metaphorically, based on an anecdote from the end of the Cold War, as a “race with no finish line,” with the reigning hegemon attempting to extend the race beyond the challenger’s endurance and the challenger attempting to create a finish line and cross it. This book lays the groundwork not only for more rigorous inquiry into the strategic decision-making of states in past competitive scenarios but also for analysis of current competitions for influence and control in numerous regions.