All Measures Short of War
The Contest for the Twenty-First Century and the Future of American Power

Since World War II the United States has invested considerable effort in promoting a system of alliances and shared political and economic norms around the world. This system is what we collectively refer to as the international liberal order and it has governed a growing sphere of the world over th......more

Thinking about the scenario laid out for our Global Challenge wargame next week, this is Wright's explanation for how, despite expectations of convergence into a US led liberal international order, we instead find ourselves in a period increasingly similar to the early cold war--powers pushing and t......more

Since Trump’s upset victory last November, there’s been more public fretting about the liberal international order than at an time since the beginning of the Cold War. However, as Thomas Wright notes, the international order was under considerable pressure even before Trump (indeed, much of the book......more

كتاب للباحث الأمريكي توماس رايت، معهد بروكينجز، يدرس تاريخ استراتيجية تنافس الولايات المتحدة مع القوى الأخرى. يشير رايت أن أطروحة الكتاب لا تتوافق مع أفكار ترامب، لكنها مناسبة لإدارة بقيادة هيلاري كلينتون، وبالتالي مُفيد الإطلاع على أطروحة قد تكون على مكتب بايدن، خلال أيام. يأتي عنوان الكتاب، All Me......more

A short, persuasive look at where the regional powers are up to this point. Where the ideological differences lie. The impact elected leaders have in either getting along or negatively steering liberalism for its people which America has been championing. The possible watershed moment US is experien......more