First, “geographic overstretch” occurs, al Maqdisi says, “when a guerilla force carries out a military advance…and attempts to establish control over recently acquired territories by setting up fixed ...

First came Sputnik and "the missile gap," followed by Vietnam, Soviet nuclear parity, and the Japanese economic challenge--a cascade of decline encapsulated by Yale historian Paul Kennedy's 1987 ...

Twenty-nine years ago, historian Paul Kennedy coined the term "imperial overstretch" to describe what happens to great powers when their global commitments become too expensive to sustain. He also ...

By 2003 peacekeeping was surging once more, but new fears of overstretch began to mount. “In August 2000, there were 17 UN peacekeeping operations under way with a total of about 48,000 personnel.

LIMA - The United States should not overstretch the concept of national security to constrain or contain other countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday. While all countries need to ...

Lagos State government has expressed concern over the increasing pressure on its healthcare facilities due to the high number of patients from the ...

The threat of America becoming a victim of its imperial overstretch, though not a worry at present, will continue looming over US foreign policymakers. Should the US economy suffer a shock in future, ...

Italy and Spain can resolve their debt problems without outside help, European Central Bank policymaker Jens Weidmann said on Tuesday, rejecting growing pressure for the ECB to act as a lender of ...

Hindustan Times, Pune | By Yogesh Joshi Aug 28, 2019 02:56 PM IST ...