The Strategy Sessions is a limited-run podcast hosted by Emma Ashford, a senior fellow with the Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center. Today, Emma talks with Michael Poznansky, a professor at the Naval War College.* Emma and Mike discuss how U.S. policy leaders can use lessons from the cold war in today’s strategic environment, how the rules-based order might provide some guidance in the US-China strategic competition, and what future U.S. engagement in multilateral institutions going forward might look like. 

Emma and Mike’s discussion is part of the New Visions for Grand Strategy Project, a collection of essays, videos, and podcasts in which out-of-the box thinkers discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy.

*Michael Poznansky joined the Grand Strategy Sessions in his personal capacity. The views expressed in this podcast are of Michael alone and do not represent those of the Naval War College, Department of the Navy, or Department of War

*The  Strategy Sessions Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.

Show Links:

• Emma Ashford, First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy for a Multipolar World (Yale University Press, 2025)
• Michael Beckley and Hal Brands, The Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022)
• Michael Poznansky, “Back to the Future: The Case for Strengthening the Rules-Based Order“ in New Visions for Grand Strategy, edited by Emma Ashford and Nevada Joan Lee,The Stimson Center. Washington, D.C., USA

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