This month’s digest pulls in different directions—insofar as we can follow a single thread, it is that of traditional systems being swept away and of “changes unseen in a century” coming to pass: in discussions of nuclear proliferation, the Cold War nuclear order has “irreversibly come to an end”; in the Middle East, the US security architecture is crumbling; in the maritime domain, volatility threatens sea lanes; and overseas, Chinese firms’ modus operandi is shifting. While most scholars identify the increasing security risks attendant on such changes, what comes next and what China should do about it are open questions. More hawkish scholars advocate stronger unilateral action in the international system, while others caution against such measures.
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