Tag: Grand Strategy & Competition
69 Articles
- Society & Culture
The Rise of Blunt Power in the Strongman Era
One can certainly track where it has been: comity. The unfamiliar word nicely straddles the international and interpersonal. It refers to a mutually beneficial association of…
February 28, 2019
- Conflict & Security
American Alliances and the Long Peace
Clarifying the Status Quo Coalition Alliances are like contracts that clarify who will side with whom in the event of war. Failing to honor an alliance can sully a state’s…
February 23, 2019
- Dialogues
Sergey Aleksashenko on Russian Foreign Policy from the 1990s to Today
GJIA: Based on your experience as the deputy Minister of Finance of Russia and as the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, what would you say are the most lasting…
February 12, 2019
- Society & Culture
To Each Their Own: Russian Strategy Toward East Asia and Europe
Russia Embraces Belt and Road, but Aims for Greater Eurasia For a while, Moscow seemed hesitant about how to respond to the BRI. The Kremlin’s calculus changed following the…
December 18, 2018
- Conflict & Security
The Seven Capacities of States: a Meta-Geopolitical Framework
Taken together, these two observations prompt the development of what I have previously referred to as Neo-Statecraft, of which Meta-geopolitics forms a key component. Distinct…
March 8, 2018
- Dialogues
Zapad 2017: An Initial Assessment with Michael Kofman
GJIA: Why was the U.S. media skeptical about the Zapad Exercises, and was the hype that they created justified? MK: The hype they created was not justified, but there were all…
October 9, 2017
- Conflict & Security
Indo-U.S. Relations: Mapping the Contours
India-U.S. relations have made significant strides in the post-Cold War era, leaving the infamous tag of “estranged democracies” behind. In fact, the two countries…
October 4, 2017
- Online Archive
Don’t Rock the Boat: The Stable Future of India-China Relations
Yet for all the circling and posturing, the situation is relatively stable. Neither are status quo powers per se, as both see greater global roles for themselves. They try to…
February 4, 2013