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A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt

A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt

Update: 2025-08-26
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Stephen Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what a realist U.S. foreign policy would look like.


 


Mentioned on the Episode:


 


John Ikenberry, “A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Internationalism, With G. John Ikenberry," The President's Inbox


 


John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, “The Case for Offshore Balancing: A Superior U.S. Grand Strategy,” Foreign Affairs


 


Barry Posen, Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy, Cornell University Press


 


For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/new-us-grand-strategy-case-realist-foreign-policy-stephen-walt

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A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt

A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt

Council on Foreign Relations