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2025: Strategically, a Year of Chance

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2025: Strategically, a Year of Chance
A U.S. Navy officer walks past an SH-60B SeaHawk helicopter onboard the guided missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), docked near the disputed Spratly islands, in Puerto Princesa on the western Philippine island of Palawan, in a file photo. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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There are so many variables now at play in the global strategic architecture—a world in flux, marked by failures, weaknesses, and varying strength of leadership—that this interim period between eras throws much to chance.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”