Grand Strategy in 10 Words

A Guide to Great Power Politics in the 21st Century
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1750-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

• Accessible and lively introduction to strategy and great powers today
• Clear framework that will appeal to practitioners and policy makers
• Author who is known and respected in academic, policy and think tank worlds.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Biscop, Sven

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: No Peace from Corona – Why Grand Strategy and Great Powers Remain Important
1. Simple: But Not Easy
2. Competitive: The Other Players Have a Strategy Too
3. Rational: Reason Trumps Ideology, Religion, and Emotion
4. Allied: One Needs Allies but Cannot Always Choose Them
5. Comprehensive: There Is No Hard, Soft or Smart Power – Just Power
6. Creative: An Art as Well as a Science
7. Agile: Taking Decisions, Acting, and Taking New Decisions
8. Courageous: Dare to Go in, Dare to Get out, Dare to Stay out
9. Dirty: No Great Power Can Keep its Hands Clean
10. Proactive: A Strategy for Action
Conclusion: Power to Engage

Über Autor(innen)

Biscop, Sven
Sven Biscop is Director of the Europe in the World Programme at the Egmont–Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels and Professor at Ghent University. He is an Honorary Fellow of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), and an Officer in the Order of the Crown of the Kingdom of Belgium.

Sven Biscop is Director of the Europe in the World Programme at the Egmont–Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels and Professor at Ghent University. He is an Honorary Fellow of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), and an Officer in the Order of the Crown of the Kingdom of Belgium.