Robert Ralston, CGS predoctoral fellow, has a new article on the Foreign Affairs website. In it, Ralston discusses how more than principles or ideology, partisan politics explains how Americans think military and civilian officials ought to interact. The full article is available online on the Foreign Affairs website.
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Schuessler contributes to roundtable review of Austin Carson’s Secret Wars
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 the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy Co-Director John Schuessler, as well as Stacie Goddard, Dan Reiter, Jessica Weeks, and Carson. The full review is available online at the H-Diplo | ISFF website.
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy Announces New CGS Fellows
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy is excited to welcome Celeste Ward Gventer and Kendrick Kuo to its fellowship program! The CGS Fellows program supports one pre-doctoral and one post-doctoral fellow in residence at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. The Center is particularly interested in scholars who are engaging with the fundamental […]
Incoming CGS Postdoctoral Fellow Co-Authors Article In Upcoming Issue Of Foreign Affairs
The Albritton Center for Grand Strategy’s incoming postdoctoral fellow, Celeste Gventer, co-authored an 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 Publishes Memorial Day Article With War On The Rocks
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.
CGS Analyzes The National and Global Response to COVID-19 in Three-Part Series with KBTX News
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy team members Kim Field, Dr. Jasen Castillo and Dr. John Schuessler joined KBTX News for a three-part series analyzing the national and global response to COVID-19. In part one, the CGS team members discussed if U.S. was ready for a pandemic like COVID-19. Part two analyzed the U.S. military’s response […]
CGS Predoctoral Fellow Robert Ralston Writes Introduction For H-Diplo Teaching Roundtable On Teaching Grand Strategy
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.
CGS Publishes ‘Whiteboard’ with Army War College’s ‘War Room’
“What Good Is Grand Strategy? A Whiteboard” was co-written by Albritton Center for Grand Strategy personnel Jasen Castillo, Kimberly Field, Robert Ralston, John Schuessler and Boston University professor (and former GBS faculty) Joshua Shifrinson. The group tackled a number of topics, including: Do we really need a grand strategy? Is the world too complex to […]
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Kimberly Field Joins Horns Of A Dilemma Podcast
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Kimberly Field, professor of the practice and executive director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at The Bush School, joined the podcast Horns of a Dilemma on March 13th for an episode titled “Allies and American Foreign Policy”. Gen. Field discussed the notion of grand strategy in the context of alliance relationships. […]
Dr. John Schuessler Speaks at the Notre Dame International Security Center
Albritton Center for Grand Strategy 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”.
