Wilson Center

Winter 2023

Strategic Competition: Strengthening America’s Advantage in a Competitive World

In an era of intense competition between America and its allies with authoritarian great powers, sustained, coordinated efforts are needed to support a stable, peaceful, rules-based world order. With features on trade, energy infrastructure, technology, and space, the winter issue of the Wilson Quarterly highlights advantages, risks, and opportunities for the US and its allies in our competitive world.

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Foreword

Defining America’s New Playbook

By Mark Kennedy
The director of the Wilson Center’s recently established Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition makes the case that in this new era of competition, the US needs direction and unity.

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Friends, Allies, and the Trade Dilemma

By Shihoko Goto
As economic competition heats up, partners are key to US success.

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Advancing Regionalization for Global Economic Leadership

By Karina Fernandez-Stark and Penny Bamber
The tumultuous recent years have demonstrated that cross-border networks of goods and services are an integral part of the global economy, and can be used to create a competitive advantage.

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Interactive

Looking Anew at Trade

By Mark Kennedy
In this interactive feature, we examine trends in global trade and highlight opportunities to strengthen US economic competitiveness through trade.