Summary: One oddity of major events — world-changing events — is that they are often unrecognized until long after the fact. So it is with China’s steps to becoming a great power. … more →
Fabius Maximusjosephfouche wrote 2 days ago: I ran across this spring 2009 syllabus for Yale’s grand strategy program. Some highlights: I. … more →
cwleonard wrote 1 week ago: In Time magazine, the foreign affairs commentator Peter Beinart sees a Nixonian method to the Presid … more →
josephfouche wrote 3 weeks ago: The common modern taxonomy of war used in these United States has four levels: Political Strategic O … more →
cwleonard wrote 1 month ago: If you would study peace, it makes sense to start with war. And if you would study the conflict amo … more →
fezzell wrote 1 month ago: Edward Luttwak of the Center for Strategic and International Studies argues in FP’s Nov/Dev 20 … more →
cwleonard wrote 1 month ago: What to be done on Afghanistan? (We should care.) In his Council on Foreign Relations speech this … more →
cwleonard wrote 2 months ago: Brent Scowcroft (middle) with President George H. W. Bush (left) and James Baker (right) Something t … more →
NerveAgent wrote 2 months ago: Joseph Fouche over at the Committee of Public Safety brings us George Friedman’s (founder of s … more →
josephfouche wrote 2 months ago: Eye of a Needle America now has a single, unified, cohesive grand strategy. It turns out that even a … more →
cwleonard wrote 3 months ago: Meet two giants in the field of U.S. foreign policy, Nitze and Kennan, or the “Hawk” and … more →
witheredgrass wrote 3 months ago: Here’s is where I invite you to indulge with me your inner strategy geek. Enjoy a taste of Lu … more →
a.j.mount wrote 3 months ago: Stephen Walt’s exchange with Paul Wolfowitz in Foreign Policy magazine over how great (bad) re … more →
Kal wrote 4 months ago: The Mauritanian government made history by appointing a woman, Naha Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass, to the … more →
Brian wrote 4 months ago: Today, as we steer a new course at the United Nations, our guiding principles are clear: We value th … more →
Brian wrote 4 months ago: Conventional military wisdom holds that if you take out the head, the rest of the body will follow—i … more →
Zach wrote 4 months ago: For two decades, American foreign policy has been marked by reactionary, ad-hoc, and short-term resp … more →
a.j.mount wrote 4 months ago: Not at all surprisingly, Henry Kissinger lays out the case against the former first-lady’s hus … more →
Brian wrote 4 months ago: I’m working two posts on the role of prestige and status considerations in international affairs. (B … more →
cwleonard wrote 4 months ago: The idea of simulation is tried and true–a scientific method for the social sciences. But tha … more →