AnalysisDiplomacyFeaturesGlobal IssuesLeadershipNorth AmericaPoliticsSecurityWorld
The End of Grand Strategy
America Must Think Small
Whatever else U.S. President Donald Trump has done in the field of international relations, he can claim one signal accomplishment: making grand strategy interesting again.
- Daniel W. Drezner, Ronald R. Krebs, and Randall Schweller
- Foreign Affairs
For decades, American foreign policy elites in both parties embraced liberal internationalism, the idea that Washington should sustain and expand a global order that promoted open…
But Trump has repeatedly attacked the key pillars of liberal internationalism, from questioning the value of NATO to blowing up trade agreements to insulting allies.
When, in July 2017, his…