Us Grand Strategy In The 21st Century

Author : A. Trevor Thrall,Benjamin H. Friedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351620031

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US Grand Strategy in the 21st Century by A. Trevor Thrall,Benjamin H. Friedman Pdf

This book challenges the dominant strategic culture and makes the case for restraint in US grand strategy in the 21st century. Grand strategy, meaning a state’s theory about how it can achieve national security for itself, is elusive. That is particularly true in the United States, where the division of federal power and the lack of direct security threats limit consensus about how to manage danger. This book seeks to spur more vigorous debate on US grand strategy. To do so, the first half of the volume assembles the most recent academic critiques of primacy, the dominant strategic perspective in the United States today. The contributors challenge the notion that US national security requires a massive military, huge defense spending, and frequent military intervention around the world. The second half of the volume makes the positive case for a more restrained foreign policy by excavating the historical roots of restraint in the United States and illustrating how restraint might work in practice in the Middle East and elsewhere. The volume concludes with assessments of the political viability of foreign policy restraint in the United States today. This book will be of much interest to students of US foreign policy, grand strategy, national security, and International Relations in general.

Author : David C. Kang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107167230

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American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the 21st Century by David C. Kang Pdf

David C. Kang tells an often overlooked story about East Asia's 'comprehensive security', arguing that American policy towards Asia should be based on economic and diplomatic initiatives rather than military strength.

Author : Sven Biscop
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529217506

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Grand Strategy in 10 Words by Sven Biscop Pdf

This book introduces ten key terms for analysing grand strategy and shows how the world’s great powers – the United States, China, Russia and the European Union (EU) – shape their strategic decisions today and shows how the choices made will determine the course of world politics in the first half of the 21st century.

Author : Simon Reich,Peter Dombrowski
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501714641

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The End of Grand Strategy by Simon Reich,Peter Dombrowski Pdf

In 'The End of Grand Strategy', Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski challenge this common view. They eschew prescription in favour of describing and explaining what America's military actually does. They argue that each presidental administration inevitably resorts to each of the six variant of grand strategy that they implement simultaneously as a result of a series of fundamental recent changes - what they term 'calibrated strategies.' Reich and Dombrowski support their controversial argument by examining six major maritime operations, stretching from America's shores to every region of the globe. Each of these operations reflects one major variant of strategy. They conclude that grand strategy, as we know it, is dead.

Author : Harry R. Yarger
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Military doctrine
ISBN : 9781428916227

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Strategic Theory for the 21st Century: The Little Book on Big Strategy by Harry R. Yarger Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Borgwardt,Christopher McKnight Nichols,Andrew Preston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190695668

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Rethinking American Grand Strategy by Elizabeth Borgwardt,Christopher McKnight Nichols,Andrew Preston Pdf

What is grand strategy ? What does it aim to achieve? And what differentiates it from normal strategic thought--what, in other words, makes it "grand"? In answering these questions, most scholars have focused on diplomacy and warfare, so much so that "grand"? In answering these questions, most scholars have focused on diplomacy and warfare, so much so that "grand strategy" has become almost an equivalent of "military history." The traditional attention paid to military affairs is understandable, but in today's world it leaves out much else that could be considered political, and therefore strategic. Just as contemporary world politics is driven by a wide range of non-military issues, the most thorough considerations of grand strategy must consider the bases of peace and security--including gender, race, the environment, and a wide range of cultural, social, political, and economic issues. Rethinking American Grand Strategy assembles a roster of leading historians to examine America's place in the world. Its innovative chapters re-examine familiar figures, such as John Quincy Adams, George Kennan, and Henry Kissinger, while also revealing the forgotten episodes and hidden voices of American grand strategy. They expand the scope of diplomatic and military history by placing the grand strategies of public health, race, gender, humanitarianism, and the law alongside military and diplomatic affairs to reveal hidden strategists as well as strategies. --

Author : Mark Mykleby,Patrick Doherty,Joel Makower
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781250072306

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The New Grand Strategy by Mark Mykleby,Patrick Doherty,Joel Makower Pdf

"Reimagines the American dream and provides a bipartisan plan to recapture the greatness of the past through addressing important economic, social and environmental issues by making sustainability our country's new strategic imperative, "--NoveList.

Author : Vibhanshu Shekhar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317199892

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Indonesia’s Foreign Policy and Grand Strategy in the 21st Century by Vibhanshu Shekhar Pdf

This book examines the changes in Indonesian foreign policy during the 21st century as it seeks to position itself as a great power in the Indo-Pacific region. The rise of 21st-century Indonesia is becoming a permanent fixture in both the domestic and global discourses. Though there has been an increasing level of discussion on Indonesia’s emerging power status, there has been little discussion on how the country is debating and signalling its new-found status. This book combines the insights of both neo-classical realism and social identity theory to discuss a reset in an emerging Indonesia’s foreign policy during the 21st century while emphasizing domestic drivers and constraints of its international behaviour. There are three key organizing components of the book – emerging power, status signalling and the Indo-Pacific region. The Indo-Pacific region constitutes a spatial framing of the book; the emerging power provides an analytical category to explain Indonesia’s changing international status; and status signalling explains multiple facets of international behaviour through which the country is projecting its new status. Though leaders are adding different styles and characteristics to the rising Indonesia narrative, there are a few unmistakable overarching trends that highlight an increasing correlation between the country’s rising power and growing ambition in international behaviour. This book is built around four key signalling strategies of Indonesia as an emerging power – expanded regional canvas, power projection, leadership projection, and quest for great power parity. They represent Indonesia’s growing desire for a status-consistent behaviour, its response to the prevailing strategic uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific region and its attempt to advance its strategic interests. This book will be of much interest to students of South-East Asian politics, strategic studies, international diplomacy, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Robert J. Lieber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139460234

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The American Era by Robert J. Lieber Pdf

The American Era makes a provocative argument about America's world role. It sets out the case for a grand strategy that recognizes American preponderance as necessary and desirable for coping with the perils of the post-9/11 world. The book argues firstly that, Militant Islamic terrorism and weapons of mass destruction pose a threat which requires us to alter the way we think about the pre-emptive and preventive use of force. Secondly, the UN and other international bodies are incapable of acting on these urgent problems. Thirdly, in an international system with no true central authority other countries will inevitably look for leadership to the US. The book argues that if America does not respond actively to terrorist threats, no one else will take the initiative.

Author : Andrew Buchanan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107661356

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American Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II by Andrew Buchanan Pdf

This book offers a thorough reinterpretation of US engagement with the Mediterranean during World War II. Andrew Buchanan argues that the United States was far from being a reluctant participant in a 'peripheral' theater, and that Washington had a major grand-strategic interest in the region. By the end of the war the Mediterranean was essentially an American lake, and the United States had substantial political and economic interests extending from North Africa, via Italy and the Balkans, to the Middle East. This book examines the military, diplomatic, and economic processes by which this hegemonic position was assembled and consolidated. It discusses the changing character of the Anglo-American alliance, the establishment of post-war spheres of influence, the nature of presidential leadership, and the common interest of all the leaders of the 'Grand Alliance' in blocking the development of potentially revolutionary movements emerging from the chaos of war, occupation, and economic breakdown.

Author : Hal Brands,Strategic Studies Institute,U.S. Army War College
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781304057013

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The Promise and Pitfalls of Grand Strategy (Enlarged Edition) by Hal Brands,Strategic Studies Institute,U.S. Army War College Pdf

Author : Williamson Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0521566274

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The Making of Strategy by Williamson Murray Pdf

This volume focuses on the processes by which rulers and states have framed strategy from the fifth century BC to the present.

Author : Army War College. Strategic Studies Institute,Hal Brands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Strategic planning
ISBN : 1584875437

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The Promise and Pitfalls of Grand Strategy by Army War College. Strategic Studies Institute,Hal Brands Pdf

What is "grand strategy," and why is it seemingly so important and so difficult? This monograph explores the concept of grand strategy as it has developed over the past several decades. It explains why the concept is so ubiquitous in discussions of present-day foreign policy, examines why American officials often find the formulation of a successful grand strategy to be such an exacting task, and explores the ways in which having a grand strategy can be both useful and problematic. It illustrates these points via an analysis of two key periods in modern American grand strategy -- the Truman years at the outset of the Cold War, and the Nixon-Kissinger years in the late 1960s and 1970s -- and provides several suggestions for how U.S. officials might approach the challenges of grand strategy in the 21st century.

Author : Barry R. Posen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801470868

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Restraint by Barry R. Posen Pdf

The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls "liberal hegemony," one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and wasteful. Written for policymakers and observers alike, Restraint explains precisely why this grand strategy works poorly and then provides a carefully designed alternative grand strategy and an associated military strategy and force structure. In contrast to the failures and unexpected problems that have stemmed from America’s consistent overreaching, Posen makes an urgent argument for restraint in the future use of U.S. military strength. After setting out the political implications of restraint as a guiding principle, Posen sketches the appropriate military forces and posture that would support such a strategy. He works with a deliberately constrained notion of grand strategy and, even more important, of national security (which he defines as including sovereignty, territorial integrity, power position, and safety). His alternative for military strategy, which Posen calls "command of the commons," focuses on protecting U.S. global access through naval, air, and space power, while freeing the United States from most of the relationships that require the permanent stationing of U.S. forces overseas.

Author : Rebecca Lissner,Mira Rapp-Hooper
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300256147

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An Open World by Rebecca Lissner,Mira Rapp-Hooper Pdf

Two foreign policy experts chart a new American grand strategy to meet the greatest geopolitical challenges of the coming decade This ambitious and incisive book presents a new vision for American foreign policy and international order at a time of historic upheaval. The United States’ global leadership crisis is not a passing shock created by the Trump presidency or COVID-19, but the product of forces that will endure for decades. Amidst political polarization, technological transformation, and major global power shifts, Lissner and Rapp-Hooper convincingly argue, only a grand strategy of openness can protect American security and prosperity despite diminished national strength. Disciplined and forward-looking, an openness strategy would counter authoritarian competitors by preventing the emergence of closed spheres of influence, maintaining access to the global commons, supporting democracies without promoting regime change, and preserving economic interdependence. The authors provide a roadmap for the next president, who must rebuild strength at home while preparing for novel forms of international competition. Lucid, trenchant, and practical, An Open World is an essential guide to the future of geopolitics.