Defining Strategic Rivalry: Why It Matters for U.S. Security (warontherocks.com)

• Interstate rivalries cause roughly 80% of history's wars.
• U.S. strategy documents since 2017 use 'competition' not 'rivalry', overlooking the difference.
• Recognizing rivalry helps assess threats from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea.

"This article from War on the Rocks argues that U.S. strategy documents mistakenly use 'strategic competition' instead of 'strategic rivalry', ignoring that enduring rivalries cause 80% of wars and rarely end peacefully. It calls for a clear distinction to better assess threats from states like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea."