The Center Must Hold: Avoiding Grand Strategic Failure

Abstract

This paper will examine the collapse of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union in turn, positing that those failures were due to the lack of a coherent grand strategy in each. The paper will then outline the current strategic environment for the United States, drawing parallels between the two Russian catastrophic state failures and present circumstances, and suggesting that without a more coherent grand strategy, the United States faces similar systemic risk as an enterprise. Finally, the paper suggests some needed reforms before crafting a coherent grand strategy for the United States in the Information Age.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561801

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  • James H. Robinette Ii

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  • United States Army War College

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