The Art of Grand Strategy: A One-Day Virtual Event
Much of contemporary foreign policy focuses on frivolous details of international relations without a view to long-term strategy, the art of statesmanship, or philosophic principles. As such, this leaves America’s foreign policy distracted, needlessly at odds with other nations, at odds with our own interests, and without a strong sense of direction. Most importantly, it gives our leadership class impetus to be irresponsible in its pursuits.
These problems, however, are not new, and thousands of years of history and philosophy have considered these questions. What are the rights and duties between nations? What interests, goals, and ideals should order a nation’s foreign policy? What leadership is required in diplomacy? How should a statesman integrate domestic and international policies and priorities? How does justice interact with questions of war and peace? Why do nations fail or succeed on the world stage? What temptations do leaders and nations need to be wary of in dealing with other nations?
Join ISI for a one-day virtual event discussing American Grand Strategy. Faculty will include Michael Anton (on the theory of Grand Strategy), Elbridge Colby (on the practice of Grand Strategy), Michael Brendan Dougherty, and Dan McCarthy. Drawing from Thucydides, Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz, George Washington, and John Quincy Adams, this one-day event will engage with important questions and timeless principles that will help America thrive in steering the ship of state.
This event is free for students, but all are welcome. It will begin around noon and will conclude in the early evening.