{"product_id":"comparative-grand-strategy-a-framework-and-cases-paperback","title":"Comparative Grand Strategy: A Framework and Cases - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThierry Balzacq\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Dombrowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSimon Reich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book develops a new approach in explaining how a nation's Grand Strategy is constituted, how to assess its merits, and how grand strategies may be comparatively evaluated within a broader framework. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume responds to three key problems common to both academia and policymaking. First, the literature on the concept of grand strategy generally focuses on the United States, offering no framework for comparative analysis. Indeed, many proponents of US grand strategy suggest that the concept can only be applied, at most, to a very few great powers such as China and Russia. Second, characteristically it remains prescriptive rather than explanatory, ignoring the central conundrum of why differing countries respond in contrasting ways to similar pressures. Third, it often understates the significance of domestic politics and policymaking in the formulation of grand strategies - emphasizing mainly systemic pressures. This book addresses these problems. It seeks to analyze and explain grand strategies through the intersection of domestic and international politics in ten countries grouped distinctively as great powers (The G5), regional powers (Brazil and India) and pivotal powers\u003cbr\u003ehostile to each other who are able to destabilize the global system (Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia). The book thus employs a comparative framework that describes and explains why and how domestic actors and mechanisms, coupled with external pressures, create specific national strategies. Overall, the book aims to fashion a valid, cross-contextual framework for an emerging research program on grand strategic analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThierry Balzacq, \u003cem\u003eTocqueville Chair in Security Policies, University of Namur\u003c\/em\u003e, Peter Dombrowski, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Strategy, US Naval War College\u003c\/em\u003e, Simon Reich, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Political Science, Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University Newark\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThierry Balzacq is a Francqui Research Chair (Belgium's most prestigious academic title) and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His articles have been published in \u003cem\u003e Review of International Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e European Journal of International Security\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e International Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Cooperation and Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e European Journal of International Relations\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Security Dialogue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e International Relations\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003e Journal of Common Market Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author and editor of over 12 books in English and French. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Dombrowski is a professor of strategy in the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the Naval War College. His recent publications include \u003cem\u003e The End of Grand Strategy: US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/em\u003e (with Simon Reich, Cornell University Press, 2018), and he has published over fifty-five books, monographs, articles, book chapters, and government reports. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimon Reich is a Professor in the Division of Global Affairs and Department of Political Science at Rutgers, Newark. His recent publications include \u003cem\u003e The End of Grand Strategy: US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/em\u003e (with Peter Dombrowski, Cornell University Press, 2018), and he is the author, co-author, and editor of 11 books and over 50 articles or book chapters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684846473279,"sku":"9780198840855","price":100.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8326b8524e51d061534932b9337b6822.webp?v=1764968865","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/comparative-grand-strategy-a-framework-and-cases-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}