Publication

Strategic Trends 2022 offers a concise analysis of major developments in world affairs, with a primary focus on international security. In the first chapter, Brian G. Carlson analyzes China-​Russia relations and the impact on Asian security. In the second chapter Dominika Kunertova explains how hypersonic technology has become a political tool in great-​power competition among the United States, China, and Russia. In the third chapter, Névine Schepers argues that Russia’s war in Ukraine significantly complicates nuclear arms control efforts while also underlining their necessity given heightened risks of nuclear escalation. In the final chapter, Boas Lieberherr and Linda Maduz analyze the emerging concept of the Indo-​Pacific, in particular with regard to its strategic implications.