Skip to content
Home / Strategic Vacuums Resulting from U.S. Retreat

Strategic Vacuums Resulting from U.S. Retreat

1 min read


Geopolitics – like nature – abhors a vacuum. History is replete with examples that demonstrate how the rapid depressurization of a power pulling out from a region too quickly or too soon can lead to instability in the form of civil wars, military coups, or genocide. U.S. disengagement from key areas of Eurasia would create a strategic vacuum portending systemic and regional instability that would undermine the post-World War II international architecture. Join us for a discussion on how opportunist contenders for great power status, such as Russia and China, or even intermediate powers such as Turkey and Iran, will exploit a U.S. retreat as a strategic opportunity to bolster themselves.

Related Articles

The Nexus of Conflict, Mining, and Violence in Eastern DRC

The Nexus of Conflict, Mining, and Violence in Eastern DRC

After decades of bloodshed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Félix Tshisekedi recently demanded the country’s parliament and

Political Systems
When Rescue Is Redirected: How Natural Disasters Impact Women and the Hazara in Afghanistan

When Rescue Is Redirected: How Natural Disasters Impact Women and the Hazara in Afghanistan

In late August, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake flattened villages across the rugged terrain of the Kunar and Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan,

Humanitarian Assistance
2024 U.S. Human Rights Report: Omissions, Exclusions, and Obfuscations

2024 U.S. Human Rights Report: Omissions, Exclusions, and Obfuscations

The U.S. State Department issued its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (also known as the Human Rights Report,

International Law
Reports Illuminate Deficiencies in the U.S. and U.K. Responses to TNR

Reports Illuminate Deficiencies in the U.S. and U.K. Responses to TNR

The U.S. and U.K. governments of late have taken an explicit interest in the topic of transnational repression (TNR), a

Human Rights