![The US, China, and Russia are all going through civil-military crises.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/civil-military-russia-china-us-09292023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
A civil-military relations crisis in the U.S. is actually the latest in a recent series of similar crises affecting the world’s major powers, including Russia and China. That raises the question: Is this simply a random series of unconnected events that all just happen to center around defense ministers? Or is there a deeper cause?