Grand strategy has been with us at least as long as states have used the power at their disposal to advance their interests. The academic debate surrounding grand strategy, however, is of more recent vintage, largely taking off in the post-Cold War period.[1] It is a testament to the heft of that debate that grand... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
William James has written a very good book that offers insights on the state of academic research into grand strategy as a subfield; proposes a new approach to evaluating the success and failures of specific national grand strategies based on the idea of proportionality; and details three case studies of British grand strategy in the... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Jeffrey A. Friedman, Dartmouth College 3 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE131 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart Production Editor…| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Last May, while researching Scandinavian immigration policy through Yale’s Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, I spent the first several days volunteering at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. I noticed an odd dynamic between the Danish and international participants, as we congregated backstage for training. The Danes huddled on one side, speaking Danish, while the international volunteers … Continue reading "The Nordic Welfare State Model’s Migration Conundrum" The post The Nordic ...| Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs
Growing up, the “migrant crisis” that had dominated news cycles, political campaigns and popular culture was an image of refugees traversing oceans, arriving to European shores, or crossing the southern border of the U.S. Lost in a discourse that so often robs displaced populations of their humanity, dignity and protections under international law, there is … Continue reading "Building Sustainable Migration Management Frameworks in the Global South" The post Building Sustainable Migrati...| Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs
In October 2023, Congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri became one of the first elected officials to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Beyond any foreign policy objections, some critics claimed the congresswoman was taking an anti-jobs stance that would cost her constituents well-paid positions at some of her district’s largest employers: two Boeing manufacturing plants … Continue reading "Examining Strategies for Politics and Protest of the American Labor Movement in Defense Manufacturing" The ...| Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs
The buzzword of the first Trump administration was “Great Power Competition.” That was also a lie.| The Duck of Minerva
The newly minted secretary of state undermined the basis of primacy| Responsible Statecraft
How much will President-elect Donald Trump's administration pull back from involvement in the world during? Less than commonly believed.| The Bush School of Government & Public Service
The key question for the Euro-Atlantic states is whether they can adapt to the new multipolar global reality where they are no longer the self-appointed arbiters of other region's security orders.| The Institute for Peace and Diplomacy - l’Institut pour la paix et la diplo...