1、C O R P O R AT I O NPerspectiveEXPERT INSIGHTS ON A TIMELY POLICY ISSUEJanuary 2022STEPHANIE PEZARDU.S. Strategic Competition with RussiaA RAND Research PrimerA central theme of the 2017 U.S. National Security Strategy is the “growing political, economic, and military competitions” between the Unite
2、d States and several state adversaries, one of which is Russia.1 Russia s early 2014 invasion and annexation of Crimea made it clear how far Moscow would go to advance its interests, including the redrawing of internationally recognized bor-ders. U.S. competition with Russia occurs at many levels, f
3、rom the military arenaand Russia s armed forces have been bolstered by large investments and ambitious reforms over the past ten yearsto the economic, political, and social realms. The RAND Corporation has conducted extensive research on how and why the United States is engaged in strategic competit
4、ion with Russia. This Perspective reviews 58 RAND reports on this topic from 2015 through mid-2020. These reports do not offer a comprehensive view of competition with Russia; the military and informational aspects of the competition are overrepresented, partially because of sponsor requirements. Ho
