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Aug 18, 2022, 9 tweets

LIVE NOW: Join @EmmaMAshford, @ZackCooper, @EricGomezAsia and author @Ali_Wyne for a discussion of “America’s Great‐​Power Opportunity.”

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Great-power competition reflects the combination of strategic anxiety with China and Russia on the one hand, and a certain bureaucratic comfort on the other hand, says @Ali_Wyne.

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Even though the U.S. is the world’s preeminent power with more freedom for foreign policy maneuver, it needs strategic discipline, highlights @Ali_Wyne, and to understand that the essence of strategy is trade-off.

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“This book provides an overview of what is the dilemma for U.S. policymakers and how they might think about finding a solution that mustn't be reactive.” —@EmmaMAshford.

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Competition about power, whether it is military or economic, isn’t really necessary… real competition comes with order building, highlights @ZackCooper.

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“How do you turn strong principled stances into policy realities?” asks @ZackCooper

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“America’s Great‐​Power Opportunity” is a conversion starter—it leaves many questions unanswered to invite people from different IR schools and different ideologies to join the conversation, says author @Ali_Wyne.

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“If the U.S. is not able to restore some sense of national purpose, a lot of the questions of grand strategy and external competition become moot. You can’t compete with Russia or China if your internal cohesion is broken.” —@Ali_Wyne.

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The public and elites are often not aligned on foreign policy… but we need to pay attention to polls if they start to show trends that the public is increasingly skeptical of military intervention overseas, says @EmmaMAshford.

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