An American Grand Strategy for Middle Powers

An American Grand Strategy for Middle Powers

American grand strategy should emphasize the dangers of global multipolarity to pivotal middle powers and act as a balancing force to uphold the rules-based international order.

Axel de Vernou is a junior at Yale University studying Global Affairs and History with a Certificate of Advanced Language Study in Russian. He is a Research Assistant at the Yorktown Institute.

Will Kielm is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in Public Policy with a focus in International Relations Theory and U.S. Grand Strategy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

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