The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) serves as an intellectual hub for the critical examination of American grand strategy. Specifically, the Center supports research that takes a fresh look at America’s grand strategic choices; fosters dialogue between scholars and practitioners; and helps prepare a new generation of public servants who will be grand strategic innovators.
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H-Diplo's International Security Studies Forum has published a roundtable review of Austin Carson's Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics, with contributions by CGS Co-Director John Schuessler, as well as Stacie Goddard, Dan Reiter, Jessica Weeks, and Carson.
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy is excited to welcome Celeste Ward Gventer and Kendrick Kuo to its fellowship program! Read more about the CGS Fellows.
CGS's incoming postdoctoral fellow, Celeste Gventer, has a co-authored article in the upcoming issue of Foreign Affairs titled "The Rise of Strategic Corruption: How States Weaponize Graft." It argues that weaponized corruption has become an important form of political warfare today.
Robert Ralston, CGS predoctoral fellow, published an article on Memorial Day with War on the Rocks titled, "This Memorial Day, Let's Finally Start Having an Honest National Conversation about Military Service". The article calls for a frank conversation about the nature of military service in modern America.
Part one discussed if U.S. was ready for a pandemic like COVID-19. Part two analyzed the U.S. military's response to the pandemic and what kind of leadership role the U.S. should take. Part three analyzed the effectiveness of national and international cooperation in slowing the spread.
Robert Ralston, CGS predoctoral fellow, wrote the introduction for the H-Diplo teaching roundtable on "teaching grand strategy" recently. The roundtable featured essays from four strategy experts around the nation on their experiences teaching grand strategy to different kinds of students.
"What Good Is Grand Strategy? A Whiteboard" was co-written by CGS personnel Jasen Castillo, Kimberly Field, Robert Ralston, John Schuessler and Boston University professor (and former GBS faculty) Joshua Shifrinson.
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Kimberly Field, professor of the practice and executive director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at The Bush School, discusses the notion of grand strategy in the context of alliance relationships in this episode of the Horns of a Dilemma podcast.
CGS Academic Director, Dr. John Schuessler, was invited to give a talk at Notre Dame's International Security Center on March 3 on the campus of Notre Dame. Dr. Schuessler's talk was titled "Offshore Balancing: Revisiting the World War II Case".
By Ramil Kasimov: Today, more than twenty years after the end of the Cold War, American troops are not just in Europe, but in Africa, East Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. No president has made the clear case to the American public, as President Harry Truman did, on what interests are at stake.
BG (ret) Kim Field provides the keynote address at the closing banquet of SCONA 65, “Forging America’s Future.” She also judged among 12 outstanding roundtable papers to pick the top two.
Ret. Brigadier General Kimberly Field, testified earlier this month to the Committee on Armed Services. The hearing was to receive testimony on the United States strategy in Afghanistan.
By J. Tedford Tyler: Climate change is receiving ample attention in global media. Greta Thunberg’s youthful vigor has brought renewed energy to the climate change issue, and the Democratic Party’s presidential primary is full of candidates with policy recommendations to tackle carbon emissions.
