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.@RebeccaLissner are excited to release our book today – it’s the product of three years of work and has been anchor as the world has transformed around (all of) us. So what is An Open World? cfr.org/book/open-world
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After 2016, we were surprised how many analysts seem to credit President Trump as the sole antagonist to America’s role in the world and responsible demise of the Liberal International Order. We saw him more of an avatar than an architect. cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.gwu.edu/… 2/9

We found strong evidence that domestic dysfunction, rapid technological change, & global power shifts would transform USFP forever. When the Day After Trump came, the US would not be able to reclaim its uncontested, post-Cold War perch. COVID made this ever-more apparent. 3/9.

Washington will a new strategy and approach to the international order– one that does not assume unrivaled, post-Cold War primacy, but still allows it to guarantee its security and prosperity, despite mounting political constraints. foreignaffairs.com/articles/2019-… 4/9

That’s where openness comes in. We lay out a new approach by which Washington can keep the world accessible, preventing others from dominating regions or functional areas, even if it cannot dominate them all itself. 5/9

These objectives are more easily obtained than those the US pursued during the unipolar period – and constitute a tremendous opportunity for a still-powerful United States to remake its global role on favorable terms. We lay out a policy agenda to match. 6/9

We owe tremendous gratitude to so many colleagues and supporters, many of whom @RebeccaLissner has thanked, and many more of whom appear in our acknowledgments.
@LauraSamotin and @Don_Casler , true rockstar RAs, can’t be thanked enough. 7/9

https://twitter.com/RebeccaLissner/status/1305830103792877568?s=20

My greatest debt is to the indomitable @RebeccaLissner – my partner-in-crime and dear friend, from whom I have learned so very much. 8/9

You can buy the book here. We look forward to the many conversations to come! bookshop.org/books/an-open-… 9/9