William C. Martel's Grand Strategy in Theory and Practice: The Need for an Effective American Foreign Policy

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-101
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Grand Strategy

War and Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony

2021 ◽  
pp. 152-164
Author(s):  
Rebecca Lissner
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
American Hegemony ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Cross National

This chapter summarizes the main findings and conclusions of the book, discusses the cross-national generalizability of the informational theory of strategy adjustment, considers directions for future research, and reflects on the implications of this book for American foreign policy in the 2020s.

American Grand Strategy and Political Economy Theory

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Narizny
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Defense Spending ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
International Economy ◽  
Rust Belt ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
American Grand Strategy

Nearly everything a state does has distributional consequences, including grand strategy. Societal groups with different stakes in the international economy and defense spending often have conflicting strategic priorities, and these groups pursue their parochial interests by supporting the nomination and election of like-minded politicians. Thus, grand strategy is a product of political economy. An overview of American foreign policy over the last several decades illustrates this logic. In the 1980s, the Democratic and Republican coalitions had conflicting interests over the international economy, so the two parties diverged on grand strategy. The recovery of the Rust Belt in the 1990s and 2000s, however, brought increasing convergence. Political discourse over foreign policy was fiercely partisan, but, with the notable exception of George W. Bush’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, the two parties shared essentially the same view of America’s role in the world. The disastrous outcome in Iraq led the Bush administration back to the middle ground in its second term, and Obama followed the same course. In contrast, the election of Donald Trump augurs change. Trump’s electoral coalition consists of a different balance of interests in the international economy than that of past Republican presidents, so he is likely to pursue different strategic priorities.

scholarly journals Contemporary Problems of a “Grand Strategy” in the US Foreign Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
S. Kislitsyn
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
Us Foreign Policy ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Expert Community ◽  
Policy Elites

The research examines the main problems of a grand strategy in the US foreign policy. Attention is paid to the conceptual understanding of this term, its historical development, and the current state. The article analyzes the positions of American foreign policy elites and the expert community regarding the problem of the US self-positioning in the outside world. The article consists of three parts. The first analyses the main conceptual provisions of the “grand strategy” as a term. It describes its development from a military term, reflecting the general tactics in interstate confrontation to its comprehensive understanding as a coordination principle of long-term and medium-term goals with short term actions. The second part of the article focuses on the American foreign policy elites, their approaches, as well as public opinion on this issue. It is noted that the ideology of global leadership has become an important component of the establishment's thinking. It largely impedes the development of new foreign policy concepts and, as a result, reformatting the grand strategy. The third part is devoted to the positions of the expert community on the issue of grand strategy. Four main versions are considered: "Offensive", "Selective engagement", "Offshore Balancing", "Zero-sum". The author comes to a conclusion that the US foreign policy mixes several types of strategies at the moment. It is noted that as China strengthens, the United States faces a new competition, which, unlike the Soviet threat, implies not military-political, but economic confrontation. The implementation of the scenario of a "new Cold War" between Washington and Beijing can define the new goals of the grand strategy. At the same time, this also creates an ideological dilemma of recognizing a new challenge, an increasing alternative for American global leadership - the idea of which is still popular among representatives of American foreign policy elites.

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1973 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-263
Author(s):  
W. H. Greenleaf ◽  
Robert E. Dowse ◽  
Colin Seymour-Ure ◽  
Paul Wilkinson ◽  
Roger Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Political Change ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Political Factions

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1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-280
Author(s):  
A. J. Beith ◽  
J. Barry Jones ◽  
A. D. Lane ◽  
J. D. Fraser ◽  
R. N. Berki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
United States Foreign Policy ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
The Press ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
British Home

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Melvyn P. Leffler
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
National Security ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Military Power ◽  
Democratic Capitalism ◽  
Perception Of Threat ◽  
The Individual

This introductory chapter chronicles how the author's study of American foreign policy over the decades gravitated toward an analysis of the meaning of national security. This was not intentional. It resulted from a long struggle to wrestle with evidence that led to attempts to synthesize the three levels of analysis that scholars of international relations often talk about: the individual, the domestic/state, and the international. By using the concept of national security, the author was able to analyze the motives shaping U.S. policymakers, examine their perception of threat and opportunity, assess their willingness to incur commitments and responsibilities abroad, study their readiness to employ military power, and gain an appreciation of how they saw the links between external configurations of power and the preservation of democratic capitalism at home. As the author embraced complexity, studied the evolving literature on grand strategy, and grappled with contingency, his empathy for the policymakers grew.

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