title: Regional Alliances: A Political, Military, and Economic Strategy to Confront Hostile Regional Powers
abstract: IntroductionRussia and China have recently displayed aggressive actions that have steadily garnered international concern. The United States, as a country interested in preserving the existing international order, share apprehensions towards potential disruptions that could affect its interests. The intensifying nationalist sentiment of rising powers, their increasing military strength, demonstrable willingness to employ military aggression, and freshly invigorated territorial claims cause defen
journal: Connections The Quarterly Journal