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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The strategic intent seems clear — replicate the U.S. playbook, where Ion’s rapid adoption was underpinned by strong ...

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 ...

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, ...

Jamie McGeever has been a financial journalist since 1998, reporting from Brazil, Spain, New York, London, and now back in the US again. His experience and expertise are in global markets ...

Terrill said overstretch meant the army was having to use Sunni units in some areas, resorting to "brutal conditions" in which soldiers could be executed for disobedience.