Great Power Competition and Overseas Bases

Andrew Yeo is a senior fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Asia Policy Studies. He is also a professor of politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Isaac B. Kardon is senior fellow for China studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

• Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgementsChapter 1: Geostrategic Competition and Overseas Military Bases: U.S., Chinese, and Russian Force Posture in the 21st Century Chapter 2: Temperatures Rising: Great powers, regional players, and the struggle for bases and access in the Pacific Islands Chapter 3: Geostrategic Competition and U.S., China, and Russian basing in East AsiaChapter 4: Military Basing and Access in the Indian Ocean Region: Strategic Asymmetries Among the Major PowersChapter 5: Overseas Basing Logistics at a Crossroads in the Middle East, Sub-Sahara Africa, and the Western Indian OceanChapter 6: Strategic competition for overseas basing in sub-Saharan AfricaChapter 7: International Ordering and Great Power Competition: Lessons from Central Asia’s Post-Cold War Basing Relations Chapter 8: Great Power Competition and Overseas Basing in the ArcticChapter 9: European Maritime Security and Strategic Access in an Age of Great Power CompetitionChapter 10: Strategic competition and basing in Central and Eastern Europe Chapter 11: Competing for Consent: Public Support and the Foundations of U.S. Overseas Basing in EuropeChapter 12: The Future of Geostrategic Competition and Overseas Bases: Lessons for U.S. Strategic PlannersIndexAbout the Authors

Superb. A timely and thoughtful examination of the drivers and consequences of past and future military basing considerations and decisions that have and will shape the geostrategic landscape. A must read by those who ponder the future of great power competition and military force design.