Andrew Yeo is a senior fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair at the Brookings Institution's Center for East Asia Policy Studies. He is also a professor of politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Isaac B. Kardon is senior fellow for China studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Geostrategic Competition and Overseas Military Bases: U.S., Chinese, and Russian Force Posture in the 21st Century

Chapter 2: Temperatures Rising: Great powers, regional players, and the struggle for bases and access in the Pacific Islands

Chapter 3: Geostrategic Competition and U.S., China, and Russian basing in East Asia

Chapter 4: Military Basing and Access in the Indian Ocean Region: Strategic Asymmetries Among the Major Powers

Chapter 5: Overseas Basing Logistics at a Crossroads in the Middle East, Sub-Sahara Africa, and the Western Indian Ocean

Chapter 6: Strategic competition for overseas basing in sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 7: International Ordering and Great Power Competition: Lessons from Central Asia's Post-Cold War Basing Relations

Chapter 8: Great Power Competition and Overseas Basing in the Arctic

Chapter 9: European Maritime Security and Strategic Access in an Age of Great Power Competition

Chapter 10: Strategic competition and basing in Central and Eastern Europe

Chapter 11: Competing for Consent: Public Support and the Foundations of U.S. Overseas Basing in Europe

Chapter 12: The Future of Geostrategic Competition and Overseas Bases: Lessons for U.S. Strategic Planners

Index

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