CORPORATIONBECCAWASSER,HOWARDJ.SHATZ,JOHNJ.DRENNAN,ANDREWSCOBELL,BRIANG.CARLSON,YVONNEK.CRANECrossroadsofCompetitionChina,Russia,andtheUnitedStatesintheMiddleEastiiiPrefaceThe2017U.S.NationalSecurityStrategyand2018U.S.NationalDefenseStrategyelevatedstrategiccompetitionwithChinaandRussiaasthekeyfeatureforU.S.strategy,aparadigmshiftfromthelow-intensityconflictsagainstnonstateactorsthattheUnitedStateshadbeenfightingsince2001.Althoughstrategiccompetitionisintendedtobeglobalinnature,muchofthefocushasbeenonEuropeandAsia,leavingotherregionsunderstudied.Thisreportfocusesononesuchregion:theMiddleEast,wherecompetitivedynamicsarealreadyapparentamongtheUnitedStates,C...